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mittee of the National Association of Stationary 
Engineers is sent yon, with the compliments of 
the JV\ A. S. E. Kindly sign the attached blank 
and return to the writer so that I may know 
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REPORT 



LICENSE COMMITTEE 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 



STATIONARY ENGINEERS 



2d Edition, 1906. 



PREFACE. 



This volume is respectfully offered by the National Association 
of Stationary Engineers in the hope that it will be of service to 
engineering societies and others who are students in the subject of or 
advocates of License Laws for stationary engineers. 

We do not know of any other source where the information here 
in contained can be found. It is a supplement to the volume we 
published in 1896. Much of the work attached to gathering up the 
subject matter of the report was furnished the undersigned by the 
license committee of the preceding two years, Messrs. John W. 
Lane, Jr., R. I. 1 ; Alfred Johnson, Ills. 28, and Jonathan R. Moore, 
Ills. 1. 

We do not know that the report is complete in that it has all the 
laws in force in the United States and the several laws herein pub- 
lished are not the whole laws as they stand on the statute books of 
the several states and municipalities. It must be borne in mind that 
most of the laws in force in the several localities are combined with 
the Boiler Inspection laws and we have purposely eliminated all 
paragraphs that refer solely to that subject. Copies hereof may 
be obtained by addressing the National Secretary of this organiz- 
ation. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Charles W. Naylor, Ills. 28. 

Alfred Johnson, Ills. 28. 

Frank J. Wood, N. Y. 31. 

Committee. 
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LICENSE COMMITTEE. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 

Section 78. No person shall have charge of or operate a steam 
boiler or engine in this commonwealth, except boilers and engines 
upon locomotives, motor road vehicles, boilers in private residences, 
boilers in apartment houses of less than five flats, boilers under the 
jurisdiction of the United States, boilers used for agricultural pur- 
poses exclusively, boilers of less than eight horse power, and boilers 
used for heating purposes exclusively which are provided with a 
device approved by the chief of the district police limiting the pres- 
sure carried to fifteen pounds to the square inch, unless he holds a 
license as hereinafter provided. The owner or user of a steam boiler 
or engine, other than boilers or engines above excepted, shall not 
operate or cause to be operated a steam boiler or engine for a period 
of more than one week, unless the person in charge of and operating 
it is duly licensed. 

Sec. 79. If such steam engine or boiler is found to be in charge 
of or operated by a person who is not a duly licensed engineer or 
fireman and, after a lapse of one week from such time, it is again 
found to be operated by a person who is not duly licensed, it shall 
be deemed prima facie evidence of a violation of the provisions of 
the preceding section. 

Sec. 80. The words "have charge" or "in charge", in the two 
preceding sections, shall designate the person under whose super- 
vision a boiler or engine is operated. The person operating shall 
be understood to mean any and all persons who are actually engaged 
in generating steam in a power boiler. 

Sec. 81. Whoever desires to act as engineer or fireman shall 
apply for a license therefor to the examiner of engineers for the 
city or town in which he resides or is employed, upon blanks to be 
furnished by the examiner. The application shall be accompanied by 



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a fee of one dollar and shall show his total experience. Wilful fal- 
sification in the matter of statements contained in the application 
shall be deemed sufficient cause for the revocation of said license at 
any time. The applicant shall be given a practical examination and, 
if found competent and trustworthy, he shall receive, within six days 
after the examination, a license graded according to the merits of 
his examination, irrespective of the grade of license for which he 
applies. The applicant shall have the privilege of having one per- 
son present during his examination, who shall take no part in the 
same, but who may take notes if he so desires. No person shall 
be entitled to receive more than one examination within ninety days, 
except in the case of an appeal as hereinafter provided. A license 
shall continue in force for three years, or until it is revoked for the 
incompetence or untrustworthiness of the licensee; and a license 
shall remain revoked until a new license is granted. A license, 
unless revoked, shall be renewed by an examiner of engineers upon 
application and without examination, if the application for renewal 
is made within six months after its expiration. If a new license of a 
different grade is issued, the old license shall be destroyed in the 
presence of the examiner. If a license is lost by fire or other means, 
a new license shall be issued in its place, without re-examination 
of the licensee, upon satisfactory proof of such loss to an examiner. 

Sec. 82. Licenses shall be granted according to the competence 
of the applicant and shall be distributed in the following classes : — 
Engineers' licenses ; first class, to have charge of and operate any 
steam plant ; second class, to have charge of and operate a boiler or 
boilers, and to have charge of and operate engines, no one of which 
shall exceed one hundred and fifty horse-power, or to operate a 
first class plant under the engineer in direct charge of the plant: 
third class, to have charge of and operate a boiler or boilers not 
exceeding in the aggregate one hundred and fifty horse-power, and 
an engine not exceeding fifty horse-power, or to operate a second 
class plant under the engineer in direct charge of the plant ; fourth 
class, to have charge of and operate hoisting and portable engines 
and boilers. 

Firemen's licenses : extra first class, to have charge of and operate 
any boiler or boilers ; first class, to operate any boiler or boilers ; sec- 
ond class, to have charge of and operate any boiler or boilers where 
the pressure carried does not exceed twenty-five pounds to the square 
inch, or to operate high pressure boilers under the engineer or fire- 



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man in direct charge thereof. A person holding an extra first or first 
class fireman's license may operate a third class plant under the 
engineer in direct charge of the plant. A person holding an engi- 
neer's or firemen's license, who desires to have charge of or to operate 
a particular steam plant or type of plant may, providing he holds an 
engineer's or firemen's license, if he files with his application a 
written request signed by the owner or user of said plant for such 
examination, be examined as to his competence for such service, 
and no other, and if found competent and trustworthy shall be 
granted a license for such service and no other. Xo special license 
shall be granted to give any person charge of a plant over one 
hundred and fifty horse-power. 

Sec. 83. The horse power of a boiler shall be ascertained upon 
the basis of three horse power for each square foot of grate surface, 
for a power boiler, and'on the basis of one and one-half horse power 
for each square foot of grate surface, if the boiler is used for heat- 
ing purposes exclusively. The engine power shall be reckoned upon 
a basis of a mean effective pressure of forty pounds per square inch 
of piston for a simple engine ; fifty pounds for a condensing engine ; 
and seventy pounds for a compound engine, reckoned upon area of 
high pressure piston. 

SEq. 84. A person who is aggrieved with the action of an exam- 
iner in refusing or revoking a license may, within one month after 
his decision, appeal therefrom to the remaining examiners, who shall 
together act as a board of appeal, and a majority of whom shall have 
the power to hear the parties and pass upon the subjects of appeal. 
The applicant may have the privilege of having one first class 
engineer present during the hearing of his appeal, but he shall take 
no part herein. The decision of the majority of such remaining 
examiners so acting shall be final if approved by the chief of the 
district police. 

Sec. 85. An engineer's or fireman's license, granted under the 
provisions of the seven preceding sections or the corresponding pro- 
visions of earlier laws, shall be placed so as to be easily read in a con- 
spicuous place in the. engine room or boiler room of the plant oper- 
ated by the holder of such license. 

Sec. 86. The boiler inspection department of the district police 
shall act as examiners and enforce the provisions of the eight pre- 
ceding sections and whoever violates any of the provisions of said 
sections shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more 



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than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than 
three months. A trial justice shall have jurisdiction of complaints 
for violation of the provisions of the eight preceding sections, and in 
such cases, may impose a fine of not more than fifty dollars. All 
members of the boiler inspection department of the district police 
shall have authority in the pursuance of their duty to enter any prem- 
ises on which a boiler or engine is situated, and any person who hin- 
ders or prevents or attempts to prevent any state boiler inspector 
from so entering shall be liable to the penalty as specified in this 
section. 

Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are here- 
by repealed: provided, however, that this act shall not apply to the 
exemptions specified in section seventy-eight of chapter one hun- 
dred and two of the Revised Laws or that such repeal shall not in- 
validate any license granted under the acts repealed; and licensees 
holding licenses so granted shall have the powers given to licensees 
of the same class by section two of this act. 

MINNESOTA. 

Section i. Within sixty (60) days after the passage of this act, 
and biennially thereafter, there shall be appointed by the governor a 
board of fifty-three (53) inspectors, one (1) of whom shall reside 
in each senatorial district, except as hereinafter provided, whose 
duty it shall be to inspect all steam boilers in use within the state, 
not subject to inspection under the laws of the United States and not 
hereinafter excepted, and to examine and grant certificates of license 
to steam engineers entrusted with the care and management of 
steam boilers ; provided, however, the provisions of this act shall not 
apply to heating plants in private residences. And provided, further, 
that when there is more than one senatorial district within any one 
county in this state, in such counties there shall be but one boiler 
inspector for each of such counties. Said inspectors shall examine 
and license all masters and pilots on inland waters of the state, and 
such examination shall be conducted as near as may be, pursuant 
to the rules and regulations provided by the laws of the United 
States for the examination of masters and pilots. Said inspectors 
shall hold their respective offices for two (2) years from February 
first (1st), respectively, and until their successors are appointed and 
qualified, unless sooner removed by the governor. Said inspectors 
shall annually on or before the thirty-first (31st) day of January, 



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render a report to the secretary of state, and to the legislators, 
showing a detailed statement of the number of inspections made, 
licenses issued, and the amount of fees received therefor, also show- 
ing the amount of disbursements of their offices. 

Sec. 2. No person shall be eligible to hold the office of inspector 
of boilers who has not had at least ten (10) years of actual experi- 
ence in operating steam engines and steam boilers, or who is directly 
or indirectly interested in the manufacture or sale of boilers or steam 
machinery, or any patented article required to be used, or that is in 
general use in the construction of steam engines or boilers, or who 
is not of good moral character, suitably qualified by experience 
in the construction of steam boilers so as to enable him to perform 
the duties of the office ; and no person shall enter upon or perform 
any of the duties of inspector who has not taken and subscribed an 
oath, and filed the same with the secretary of state, that he will faith- 
fully and impartially perform the duties of his office. 

Sec. 4. Every owner, lessee or other person, having charge of 
steam boilers, or any boat propelled in whole or in part by steam, 
not subject to inspection under the laws of the United States, shall 
cause the same to be inspected at least once each year by the inspec- 
tors herein provided for, and every such owner, lessee, or person 
having charge of such boilers or steam vessels who shall raise steam 
and operate such boilers and machinery without such inspection shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than fifty (50) 
dollars nor more than one hundred (100) dollars, or may be impris- 
oned in the county jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both at 
the discretion of the court. 

Sec 5. The inspector or inspectors shall once each year at 
least, upon application in writing by the owner, lessee, or manager 
carefully inspect the hull, boiler, machinery and equipments of all 
steam vessels and all steam boilers liable to inspection under this 
act, and shall satisfy themselves that every such vessel is of a 
structure suitable for the service in which she is to be employed, 
and has suitable accomodations for passengers and the crew, and is 
in condition to warrant the belief that she may be used in navigat- 
ing as a steamer with safety to life, and that such equipments as 
life preservers, floats, pumps, hose, anchors and other things neces- 
sary to insure safety have been provided. When the inspection of 
a steam vessel is completed, and the inspector or inspectors approve 
the vessel and her equipments throughout, he or they shall make and 



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subscribe a sworn and verified certificate to the secretary of state 
in such form as the board of inspectors shall prescribe, and a copy 
of said certificate shall be furnished by the inspector to the manag- 
ing owner or master of said steam vessel, who shall post the same in 
a conspicuous place on said boat. The original certificate shall be 
kept on file in the office of secretary of state. The said inspector 
shall also examine all masters and pilots of steam vessels on inland 
waters of the state as to their qualifications and fitness, and if 
found competent and reliable enough to perform the duties of master 
or pilot, the inspector shall issue them a certificate authorizing them 
to act as such on such inland waters of the state as designated by 
their certificate. The inspector shall also make such rules and regu- 
lations for the navigation of steam vessels as will permit such navi- 
gation without danger to life or property. The inspectors shall 
revoke the license of any master, pilot or engineer if found under 
the influence of intoxicating liquor when on duty, or who otherwise 
disregards the rules and regulations as prescribed by the inspectors. 
The said inspectors shall be authorized to collect a fee of ten (10) 
dollars for inspection of all vessels of fifty (50) tons burden and 
over, and five (5) dollars for all of a less tonnage, and a fee of 
one (1) dollar for the examination of and issuing a master's or 
pilot's license and one (1) dollar for the biennial renewal of the 
same. Every lessee, pilot or owner not complying with this section 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than one 
hundred (100) dollars nor more than two hundred (200) dollars, or 
may be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed sixty (60) days, 
or both at the discretion of the court. 

Sec. 8. In addition to the annual inspection it shall be the duty 
of the inspectors to examine at proper times, when in their opinion 
such examination shall become necessary, all such boilers as shall 
become unsafe from any cause and to notify the owners or persons 
using such boilers of any defect and what repairs are necessary in 
order to render them safe, and it shall be the duty of any person 
operating such boiler to cease to use the same until such repairs are 
made, and in case of a failure to comply with the requirements of 
said inspector, the person operating any such boiler shall, on convic- 
tion thereof, be fined not to exceed one hundred (100) dollars and 
liable to damage to persons or property resulting therefrom. 

Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of owners or managers of steam 
boilers mentioned in this act to allow said inspectors free access to 



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the same, and it is hereby made the duty of engineers operating 
the same to assist the inspectors in their examinations and to point 
out any defect they may know in the boiler or machinery in their 
charge. Any person not complying with the foregoing provisions 
of this section shall be punished by a fine of ten (10) dollars and 
costs. Xo person shall be entrusted with the operating of any steam 
boiler or steam machinery who has not been examined by an in- 
spector and found competent and fit to perform the duties of an 
engineer and received from such inspector a written or printed 
license so to act, which shall be renewed biennially. Any person who 
shall operate any steam boiler or steam machinery of any kind with- 
out first obtaining a license from an inspector shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdeamor and fined not less than twenty-five (25) dollars nor 
more than fifty (50) dollars. Provided, further; Engineers shall 
be divided into four classes, namely : 

Chief engineers. 

First-class engineers. 

Second-class engineers. 

Special engineers. 

First. Xo license shall be granted to any person under twenty- 
one (21) years of age except to special engineers. X T o license shall 
be granted to any person to perform the duties of chief engineer 
who has not taken and subscribed an oath that he has had at least 
fi ye (5) years actual experience in operating steam boilers and 
steam machinery, or whose knowledge and experience and habits 
of life are not such as to justify the belief that he is competent to 
take charge of all classes of steam boilers and steam machinery. 

Second. Xo license shall be granted to any person to act as first 
class engineer who has not taken and subscribed an oath that he has 
had at least three (3) years actual experience in operating steam 
boilers and steam machinery, and whose experience and habits of 
life are not such as to warrant the belief that he is competent to take 
charge of all classes of steam boilers and steam machinery not ex- 
ceeding three hundred (300) horse power. 

Third. X T o license shall be granted to any person to act as sec- 
ond class engineer who has not taken and subscribed an oath that 
he has had at least one (1) year of actual experience in operat- 
ing steam boilers and steam machinery, or whose experience and 
habits of life are not such as to warrant the belief that he is com- 



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petent to take charge of all classes of steam boilers and steam 
machinery not to exceed one hundred (ioo) horse power. 

Fourth. No license shall be granted to any person to act as 
special engineer unless found upon examination to be sufficiently 
acquainted with the duties of an engineer to warrant the belief that 
he can be safely entrusted with steam boilers and steam machinery 
not to exceed thirty (30) horse power. 

Whenever complaint is made by any person against any engineer 
holding a license, that he has through negligence, want of skill, 
inattention to duty, or violation of any part of this act, permitted 
his boiler to burn or otherwise become in bad condition, it shall 
be the duty of the inspector who granted the license, upon satisfac- 
tory proof of such negligence or otherwise, to revoke the license of 
such engineer. Said engineer may however, in case of a grievance 
against said inspector and person making such complaint, appeal 
to the entire board and governor of the state, who shall decide the 
case, which decision shall be final and conclusive. 

Sec. 11. In making the inspection of boilers, machinery or steam 
vessels herein provided for, the inspectors may act jointly or sep- 
arately, but the inspector or inspectors making such inspection 
shall in all cases subscribe an oath to the certificate of inspection. 
And any inspector who shall wilfully certify falsely regarding* any 
steam boilers or their attachments or the hull and equipments of any 
steam vessel, or who shall grant a certificate of license to any per- 
son to act as engineer, master or pilot, contrary to the provisions of 
this act, shall on conviction thereof be fined not less than fifty (50) 
dollars nor to exceed five hundred (500) dollars or may be impris 
oned not to exceed one (1) year in the state prison or both at the 
discretion of the court, and in all cases removed from office. All the 
fines of this act not otherwise disposed of shall accrue to the state. 

Sec. 12 When the inspector or inspectors shall find after proper 
tests and examination of a steam boiler or steam generator, as herein 
provided, that the same is safe and suitable for use, such inspector or 
inspectors shall make and subscribe a sworn and verified certificate 
to the secretary of state, in such form as the board of inspectors shall 
prescribe, and which among other things shall contain a specification 
of the test applied and the working power allowed, and a copy of 
the said certificate shall be furnished by the inspector to the owner 
of the boiler or steam generator. Such copy so furnished the owner 
of such boiler or generator shall be by him placed or posted in a 



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conspicuous position on such boiler or generator, and shall so re- 
main. The inspectors shall be authorized to charge a fee of three 
(3) dollars for the inspection of each single boiler and its steam 
connections and two (2) dollars for each additional boiler when 
connected and inspected at the same time. Said fees shall be pay- 
able at the time of the delivery of the inspector's certificate of ap- 
proval. The fees for the examination of applicants for engineer's 
license shall be one (1) dollar, and for the biennial renewal of cer- 
tificates of license, the fee shall be one (1) dollar, which fee shall 
accompany the application. 

Sec. 13. All the fees collected by the inspectors as provided for 
in this act shall be retained by them as full compensation for their 
services and divided among them as they may determine at their 
regular annual meeting. 

Sec. 14. This act shall not apply to railroad locomotives nor shall 
engineers employed by railroad companies be required to procure 
licenses from the state board of inspectors. Xor shall it apply to 
boilers inspected by insurance companies and certified by their au- 
thorized inspectors to be safe. Provided, further, That the pen- 
alties provided for in this act shall not apply in any case where prior 
to the time the inspector or inspectors, have after the application has 
been made provided for in this act, notified the persons affected that 
they are ready to make the inspection as herein provided for. 

Sec. 16. The board of boiler inspectors may appoint one (1) 
or more deputies in the several counties of this state, which depu- 
ties shall have the same qualifications as are herein prescribed for 
boiler inspectors, and shall qualify by taking the oath prescribed by 
section two (2) of this act, and such deputies shall have the author- 
ity within the county for which they are appointed as the chief boiler 
inspectors under the provisions of this act. 

MONTANA. 

Sec. 550. There must be appointed by the governor, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, one Inspector of Boilers, whose 
duty it is to inspect all steam boilers now in use in the state, not 
subject to inspection under the laws of the United States, and to 
examine and grant licenses to steam engineers intrusted with the 
care and management of steam boilers and steam machinery. The 
salary of the Inspector of Boilers is twenty-four hundred dollars per 
year, and his term of office is four years, unless sooner removed 



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by the Governor. The Inspector of Boilers must execute an official 
bond in the sum of five thousand dollars. 

Sec. 551. No person is eligible to hold the office of Inspector of 
Boilers and steam machinery who has not had at least five years of 
actual practice in the operations of steam engines, steam boilers and 
steam machinery, or who is directly or indirectly interested in the 
manufacture or sale of boilers or steam machinery, or any patented 
article required to be sold. 

Sec. 558. It is the duty of the owners or managers of steam 
boilers to allow the Inspector free access to the same, and the engi- 
neer operating the same must assist the Inspectors in their examina- 
tions and point out any defects they may know in the boilers or ma- 
chinery in their charge. Any engineer not complying with this sec- 
tion shall have his license revoked or be suspended. 

Sec. 559. No person must be granted a license to operate steam 
boilers or steam machinery under the provisions of this Article who 
has not been examined by an Inspector and found competent to per- 
form the duties of an engineer and receive from such Inspector a 
written or printed license so to act. Any person who operates any 
steam boiler or steam engines without first obtaining a license from 
an Inspector or an Assistant Inspector is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Sec. 561. Whenever complaint is made against an engineer, 
holding a license from the Inspector, that he, through negligence, 
want of skill, or inattention to duty, permitted his boiler to burn, 
or otherwise become in a bad condition, or that he has been found 
intoxicated while on duty, it is the duty of the Inspector or Assistant 
Inspector to make a thorough investigation of the charge, and upon 
satisfactory proof of such charge to revoke the license of such engi- 
neer. The Inspector and Assistant Inspector, must as often as con- 
venient publish a notice in some suitable newspaper, stating upon 
what days they will be in certain specified localities, and that they 
will then, and at the time and .place specified in such notice, receive 
applications and make examination for the purpose of granting en- 
gineer's certificates, and that they will examine all boilers subject 
to inspection in the vicinity of the place appointed. 

Sec. 562. In making the inspection of boilers and machinery 
herein provided for, the Inspector may act jointly or separately; but 
the Inspector or Assistant Inspector, making such inspection must 
in all cases subscribe and make oath to the certificate of inspection, 
and report such action. Any Inspector or Assistant Inspector who 



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willfully and falsely certifies regarding any steam boilers or their 
attachments, or grants a license to any person to act as engineer, 
contrary to the provisions of this Article, punishable under the 
provisions of Section 635, of the Penal Code. 

Sec. 564. If any person who has applied for a license as a first 
or second or third class engineer, under the provisions of this Arti- 
cle, and has been rejected, feels aggrieved, he may at any time after 
the lapse of ten days, and within ninety after the date of his rejec- 
tion, by petition in writing, set forth the causes of his grievance 
and demand another examination. Such petition must be addressed 
to and served upon the Inspector, and shall be duly verified by the 
rejected applicant, and accompanied by the required fee for a sec- 
ond examination. Within two days after receiving such petition and 
fee, it is the duty of the Inspector to notify the applicant in writing 
that on a day certain, which shall not be less than five or more than 
forty days after the date of the service of the petition upon such In- 
spector, he will be ready to grant him another examination. At least 
two days before the day set for the examination the applicant must 
designate in writing to such Inspector the name of an engineer 
holding a certificate of equal grade with the one applied for, and 
such engineer may present himself upon the day and at the hour 
fixed for the re-examination. 

Sec. 565. Upon the same day, or any day prior to the date set 
for such examination, the Inspector and selected engineer must in 
writing agree upon and designate and notify a third disinterested 
engineer holding a license applied for by the rejected applicant, to 
sit with them. On the day and hour set for such re-examination all 
three of such board, that is, the Inspector and the engineer selected 
by the applicant and the engineer agreed upon by them, must proceed 
to carefully re-examine such applicant and fully and fairly test his 
qualifications and capabilities to receive a license such as he has 
applied for. After such examination is completed, if a majority of 
such board decide that such applicant is entitled to the license he has 
applied for, or any license of inferior grade, the Inspector must with- 
out delay issue a certificate accordingly, but if a majority of such 
board reject the applicant, it is a final rejection, and he must not be 
granted another examination for the space of ninety days after such 
last rejection, when he may again apply to the Inspectoi or Assist- 
ant Inspector as provided by Section 563, of this Article, and no per- 
son must be granted more than one re-examination before a board 



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under the provisions of this Article. One-half of the fee which may- 
have accompanied any rejected applicant's petition for re-examina- 
tion must be awarded by the Inspector to each of the engineers who 
sit on any such examining board, and in case the applicant is granted 
a license the fee paid when he was first rejected is the fee for the 
issuing of such license granted by any board. In case any engi- 
neer selected or agreed upon as by this section is provided fails or 
neglects to appear or serve, another may be selected in his place 
in the manner herein provided. 

Sec. 568. It is unlawful for any person in the State to operate 
a stationary boiler or steam engine, or any boiler or steam engine 
other than railroad locomotives or other engines or boilers exempted 
in Section 566, of this Article, without a license granted under the 
provisions of this Article. The owner, renter, or user of the steam 
engine or boiler is equally liable for violations of this section. But 
in case of accident, sickness, refusal to work, or any unforeseen pre- 
vention of the licensed engineer employed by any owner, renter, or 
user of a steam engine or boiler, operated in remote districts, which 
would retard the work to be performed, the owner, renter, or user, 
may, for the space of four weeks, employ any person not having a li- 
cense, whom he may consider competent to run the engine or boiler. 
The person so employing the unlicensed engineer must immediately 
notify the Inspector or Assistant Inspector. 

Sec. 569. All violations of the provisions of this Article are pro- 
vided for in the Penal Code, Sections 633 to 635 and 657. 

Sec. 633. Every person who operates any steam boiler or steam 
engine, without first obtaining a license from the Boiler Inspector 
or Assistant Boiier Inspector, as required by law, is punishable by 
a fine of not exceeding fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the 
county jail not exceeding thirty days, or both. 

Sec 634. Every owner, renter, or user of a steam boiler who 
uses a boiler or steam engine which has become unsafe from any 
cause or has been notified by the Boiler Inspector or his assistant, 
that such boiler or steam engine is unsafe from -any defect, or that 
repairs are necessary, and after such notice uses the same, is pun- 
ishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three 
months, or by fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or 
both. 

Sec 635. If the State Boiler Inspector, or assistant inspector, 
willfully and falsely certifies regarding any steam boiler, steam 



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engine, or its attachments, or grants a license to any person to act as 
engineer, contrary to law, he is punishable by imprisonment not ex- 
ceeding one year in the county jail, or by a fine not exceeding five 
hundred dollars, or both. 

Sfx. 657. Every person who violates any of the provisions of 
Article XV., Chapter III., Title I.. Part III., of the Political Code, 
relating to boiler inspection, except as otherwise provided, is guilty 
of a misdemeanor. 

Sec. 2. That Section 553 of the Political Code be, and the same 
is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 

Sec. 553. The Inspector of Boilers must have his office at the 
seat of government, and must adopt rules as nearly uniform as pos- 
sible for the inspection of steam boilers, and prescribe the nature 
and extent of the examination of applicants for licenses and adopt 
such rulfcs for the issuing thereof as are required by the provisions 
of this Article, and must adopt such rules as he may deem necessary 
to carry into effect the provisions of this Article, and distribute 
copies of such rules among the engineers, superintendents of mines 
and mining companies of the State, and all persons having charge 
or control of steam machinery. 

Sec. 3. That Section 560 of the Political Code be, and the same 
is hereby amended so as to read as follows : 

Sec. 560. Engineers entrusted with the care and management 
of steam machinery as specified in Section 559, must be divided into 
three classes, namely : First class engineers, Second class engineers, 
and Third class engineers. Xo license must be granted to any person 
to perform the duties of First class engineer who has not taken 
and subscribed an oath that he has had at least three years experience 
in the operation of steam boilers and steam machinery, or whose 
knowledge and experience is not such as to justify the belief that 
he is competent to take charge of all classes of steam boilers and 
steam machinery. Xo license must be granted to any person to act 
as Second class engineer who has not taken and subscribed an oath 
that he has had at least two years' experience in the operation of 
steam boilers and steam machinery, and is, on examination, found 
competent to take charge of all classes of steam boilers and steam 
machinery, not exceeding one hundred horse power. No license 
must be granted to any person to act as Third class engineer, who 
has not served at least one year as fireman under a competent engi- 
neer and found upon examination to be sufficiently acquainted with 



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the duties of an engineer to be entrusted with steam boilers and 
steam machinery, not exceeding twenty horse power. All firemen 
who have charge of steam boilers as to the regulation of feed, water 
and fuel, where the boilers are so situated as not at all time to be un- 
der the eye of the engineer in charge, are required to pass a Third 
class engineer's examination and procure the same kind of a license. 
Engineers holding licenses of any of the above classes and who 
are entrusted with the care and management of traction engines or 
engines or boilers on wheels, other than locomotives, are required 
to pass an examination as to their competency to operate such class 
of machinery and to procure a license to be known as a Traction Li- 
cense. Such Traction License shall not entitle the holder thereof to 
operate any other class of steam machinery specified in Section 559. 
No license shall be granted to any person to act as traction engineer 
who is not found, upon examination, to be sufficiently acquainted 
with the duties of a Traction Engineer to be entrusted with the care 
of traction engines. 

Sec. 4. That Section 563 of the Political Code be, and the same 
is hereby amended so as to read as follows : 

Sec. 563. The Inspector or Assistant Inspectors are authorized 
to charge a fee of ten dollars for the inspection of each single boiler 
and its steam connection and five dollars for each additional boiler 
when connected. The fee for the inspection of each traction engine 
or boiler on wheels shall be ten dollars. The fee for the inspection 
of boilers in incorporated cities shall be five dollars. Such fees shall 
be payable at the time of the delivery of the Inspector's certificate 
of inspection. The fee for the examination of applicants for engi- 
neers licenses is $7.50 for the First class engineers, $5.00 for Second 
class engineers, $3.00 for Third class engineers and $3.00 for Trac- 
tion engineers ; to be paid at the time of the application for license. 
In case of the failure of any applicant to pass a successful exam- 
ination ninety days must elapse before he can again be examined 
as an applicant for license in the class for which he was examined. 
But the Inspector may grant to the applicant a lower grade of license 
than applied for upon such examination. All certificates of inspec- 
tion and engineers license must be displayed in a conspicuous place 
in the engine room. 

Sec 5. That Section 566 of the Political Code be, and the same 
is hereby amended so as to read as follows : 

Sec 566. This Article does not apply to locomotives in Montana, 



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nor to boilers used for heating purposes in private residences, nor to 
any boiler having capacity of only five horse power or less, nor are 
locomotive engineers or persons operating any of the engines or 
boilers herein exempted from the operation of this Article, re- 
quired to procure licenses from the Inspector or Assistant Inspectors. 
It shall be the duty of the owner or user of any traction engine or 
boiler on wheels, other than locomotives, to notify the Inspector of 
the location of such boiler on or before the first day of June in each 
year. Any owner or user of such engine or boiler failing to so 
notify the Inspector shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. 

Sec. 6. That Section 567 of the Political Code be, and the same 
is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 

Sec. ^C) 1 /. All certificates of license to engineers of all classes shall 
be renewed yearly. The fee for renewal is $1.00 in all cases. Any 
engineer failing to renew his license as herein provided, or at least 
within thirty days thereafter, must forward the fee for an original 
license of the same grade before license can be re-issued. All 
moneys collected by virtue of this Article must be paid into the State 
Treasury at least as often as once in each month. The Inspector of 
Boilers must make an annual report to the Governor on the tenth 
day of December of each year, setting forth the moneys collected 
by himself and the Assistant Inspectors from any and all sources, and 
the disbursements, and the number of boilers inspected by them, and 
the number and grades of licenses issued by them and to whom, and 
the general results and experiences of his office, and such recom- 
mendations as to him may seem fit and proper. Said report must 
also refer to and account for the causes of any boiler explosions 
which may have occurred in the State during the year, and the loss 
of life and property resulting therefrom. 

OHIO. 

Section i. That it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a 
stationary steam boiler or engine in the state of Ohio, of more than 
thirty (30") horse power, except boilers and engines under the juris- 
diction of the United States, and locomotive boilers and engines, 
without having been duly licensed so to do as herein provided. And 
it shall be unlawful for any owner or user of any steam boiler or 
engine, other than those excepted, to operate or cause to be operated 



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such steam boiler or engine without a duly licensed engineer in 
charge. 

Sec. 2. For the purpose of facilitating an efficient and thorough 
examination of engineers throughout the State of Ohio, and to pro- 
vide for a more adequate protection of life and property, the state 
is hereby divided into eight (8) districts, to be designated by the 
chief examiner. 

Sec. 3. The governor of the state of Ohio, with and by the advice 
and consent of the senate, shall appoint one chief examiner of steam 
engineers, and said chief examiner of steam engineers, with the ap- 
proval of the governor, shall appoint eight (8) district examiners 
of steam engineers ; provided, however, that not more than four (4) 
of said examiners so appointed shall be members of any one of the 
political parties. The chief examiner and district examiners shall 
be competent and practical steam engineers, and shall hold their 
offices for a term of three (3) years from the first day of May, 1902, 
after their respective appointments, and until their successors are ap- 
pointed and qualified. The first appointment hereunder shall be 
made within sixty days from the passage of this act. In case of the 
resignation, removal or death of the chief examiner, or any district 
examiner, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner as provided 
for the original appointment, for the unexpired term only, of the 
position so made vacant. 

Sec 4. Each candidate for chief examiner shall have had not less 
than ten (10) years' experience as a practical steam engineer, pre- 
vious to his appointment, and each candidate for district examiner 
shall have had not less than seven (7) years' experience as a prac- 
tical steam engineer, previous to his appointment. 

Sec. 5. The chief examiner and district examiners shall give 
their whole time and attention to the duties of their offices respec- 
tively. The chief examiner shall be located in Columbus, and shall 
have his office in the state house, where shall be kept the records 
of his office, and for the purpose of keeping such records shall be al- 
lowed one clerk at a salary not to exceed $1,000 per annum, said 
clerk to be appointed by the chief examiner, with the approval of 
the governor, and to give a bond in the sum of $1,500. The chief 
examiner shall issue such instructions, make such rules and regu- 
lations for the government of the district examiners, not inconsist- 
ent with powers and duties vested in them by law, as shall secure a 
uniformity of action and proceedings throughout the different dis- 



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tricts. The chief examiner shall receive a salary of $1,800 per an- 
num, and the district examiners shall each receive a salary of $1,200 
per annum, which salary and all necessary traveling and office ex- 
penses incurred by said examiners in the discharge of their duties, 
shall be paid out of the treasury of the state from any fund therein 
not otherwise appropriated, on the warrant of the auditor, on the 
presentation to him of the proper vouchers. The chief examiner 
shall give a bond in the sum of $3,000, and the said district exami- 
ners shall each give a bond in the sum of $2,000. All bonds re- 
quired by this act to be given shall be approved by the governor. 

Sec. 6. Any person who desires to act as a steam engineer shall 
make application to the district examiner of steam engineers for a 
license so to act, upon a blank furnished by the examiner, and shall 
successfully pass an examination upon the following subjects: the 
construction and operation of steam boilers, steam engines, and 
steam pumps, and also hydraulics, under such rules and regulations 
as may be adopted by the chief examiner, which rules and regula- 
tions, and standard of examination, shall be uniform throughout the 
state. If. upon such examination, the applicant is found proficient 
in said subjects a license shall be granted him to have charge of and 
operate stationary steam boilers and engines of the horse power 
named in this act. Such license shall continue in force for one year 
from the date the same is issued, provided, however, the district 
examiner may, upon written charges, after notice and hearing, re- 
voke the license of any person guilty of fraud in passing the exami- 
nation, or who has become insane, or who is addicted to the liquor 
or drug habit to such a degree as to render him unfit to discharge the 
duties of steam engineer. 

Sec. 7. Any person to whom a license is issued under the pro- 
visions of this act shall upon application at the expiration of one 
year from the date thereof be entitled to a renewal thereof for one 
year, unless the district examiner of his district, for the cause or 
causes set out in Sec. 6 of this act, upon notice and hearing, should 
refuse such renewal. 

Sec. 8. The fee for examination of applicants for license shall 
be two dollars ($2), to be paid at the time of the application for ex- 
amination, and two dollars ($2) for each renewal of license. All 
fees collected and received by the district examiners from the issue 
of licenses and the renewal of the same, shall be, on or before the 
5th day of each month, remitted to the chief examiner at Columbus, 



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together with a monthly report of the business of their offices. Said 
chief examiner shall pay into the treasury, to the credit of the gen- 
eral revenue fund, all moneys and fees by him received from the dis- 
trict examiners, and, on or before the ioth day of each month, said 
chief examiner shall file a monthly report with the governor, of the 
business of his office and the amount of money received by him and 
paid into the state treasury. 

Sec. 9. Any person dissatisfied with the action of any district 
examiner in refusing or revoking a license, or a renewal thereof, 
may appeal to the chief examiner, who shall investigate the action 
of said district examiner; if, upon such investigation, said chief 
examiner finds that the district examiner was justified, for the cause 
or causes set out in Sec. 6 of this act, in refusing or revoking such 
license, or renewal thereof, he shall sustain the district examiner in 
his action ; but should said chief examiner find that the district ex- 
aminer was not justified in refusing or revoking such license, or 
renewal thereof, he shall order said district examiner to issue a li- 
cense to the person making the appeal. 

Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of each district examiner to notify 
every person operating a boiler or engine in his district mentioned 
in Section 1, and not included in the exceptions therein specified, 
to apply for a license under this act, and to give such person a rea- 
sonable opportunity to take the examination therefor; provided, 
that all persons holding a license issued to them under the act of the 
general assembly of the state of Ohio, passed March 1st, 1900 (94 
O. L., 33-36) shall not be required to submit to a further examina- 
tion during the period covered by such license first issued. But 
such former license shall evidence the qualifications of such person 
to operate the kind of steam plant, and for the period as therein 
designated, unless such license is sooner revoked for cause. 

Sec. 11. Any owner, user or engineer, who after being notified, 
as provided in Section 10 of this act, violates any of the provisions 
of this act, shall be fined not more than $100 nor less than $10. The 
examiners shall have the authority and are hereby empowered to 
visit any and all engine rooms or boiler rooms in the state, at all 
reasonable hours. 

Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of every engineer to exhibit his li- 
cense under glass in a conspicuous place in his engine room. Any 
violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding 
$5.00. 



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PENNSYLVANIA. 

FOR SECOND AND THIRD CLASS CITIES. 

Section i. Be it enacted,&c, That it shall be unlawful for any 
person or person to have charge of or to operate a steam boiler or 
steam engine over ten-horse power, in cities of the second and third 
class of this Commonwealth, except locomotive boilers, used in trans- 
portation, and steam engines and steam boilers, carrying less than 
fifteen pounds pressure per square inch, unless said person or per- 
sons are upwards of twenty-one years of age, and holds a license, 
as hereinafter provided for ; and it shall be unlawful for any owner 
or owners, user or users, of any steam boiler or steam engine over 
ten horse power, other than those excepted above,- to operate or 
cause to be operated a steam boiler or steam engine without a dulv 
licensed engineer. 

Sec 2. All persons desiring authority to perform the duties of 
an engineer shall apply to the boiler inspector of such cities, who 
shall examine the applicant as to his knowledge of steam machinery 
and his experience in operating the same, also the proofs he pro- 
duces in support of his claim, and if, upon full consideration, the 
inspector is satisfied that the applicant's character, habits of life, 
knowledge and experience in the duties of an engineer, are all such 
as to authorize the belief that he is a suitable and safe person to be 
entrusted with the powers and duties of such a station, he shall grant 
him a license, upon the payment of three (3) dollars, authorizing 
him to be employed in such duties for the term of one year, and 
such license shall be annually renewed, without examination, upon 
the payment of one ( 1 ) dollar, provided it is presented for renewal 
within ten days after its expiration. Licenses so granted shall be 
graded into two classes: One of which shall entitle the licensee to 
have charge of or to operate stationary steam boilers and steam 
engines only ; the other of which shall entitle the licensee to have 
charge of or to operate portable steam boilers and steam engines 
only ; such licenses shall not be transferred from one grade to the 
other without a re-examination, said re-examination to be con- 
ducted without cost to the licensee. 

No person shall be eligible to examination for a license unless he 
furnishes proof that he has been employed about a steam boiler or 
steam engine for a period of not less than two years, prior to the 
date of application, which must be certified to by at least one em- 
ployer and two licensed engineers. 



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Sec. 3. The inspector shall investigate all acts of incompetency 
or misconduct committed by any licensed engineer while acting 
under the authority of his license, and shall have power to summon 
before him any witnesses within his respective city, and compel their 
attendance by a similar process as used in the State courts to compel 
the attendance of witnesses ; and he may administer all necessary 
oaths to any witnesses thus summoned before him, and after rea- 
sonable notice in writing, given to the alleged delinquent, of the 
time and place of such investigation, such witnesses shall be ex- 
amined, under oath, touching the performance of his duties by any 
such licensed engineer, and if the inspector shall be satisfied that 
such licensed engineer is incompetent, or has been guilty of mis- 
demeanor, negligence, unskillfulness, or has endangered life, or 
wilfully violated any provision of this law, he shall immediately sus- 
pend or revoke his license, as the facts of the case may require. 

Sec. 4. Every engineer who receives a license shall, before en- 
tering upon his duties, make oath before the inspector, to be recorded 
with the application, that he will faithfully and honestly, according 
to his best skill and judgment, without concealment or reservation, 
perform all the duties required of him by law. 

Sec. 5. Every engineer who shall receive a license shall, when 
employed about any steam plant, place his certificate of license, 
which shall be framed under glass, in some conspicuous place about 
the engine or boiler, where it can be seen at all times ; and any neg- 
lect to comply with this provision by any engineer shall be deemed 
a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, he shall be subject to 
a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars, or the revocation of his 
license, or both, in the discretion of the court. 

Sec 6. All engineers licensed under the provisions of this law 
shall assist the inspector in his examination of any boiler under his 
charge, and shall point out all defects and imperfections known 
to them in the boilers or machinery, and, in default thereof, the li- 
cense of any such engineer or engineers, so neglecting or refraining 
shall be revoked by the inspector. 

Sec. 7. Every person who has been employed as a steam engi- 
neer, in the city in which he applies for a license, for a period 
of four years next prior to the passage of this act, and who files with 
his application a certificate of said fact, under oath, accompanied by 
a statement from his employer or employers verifying the same, shall 
be entitled to a license without further examination. 



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Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of an engineer, when he assumes 
charge of boilers and machinery, to forthwith thoroughly examine 
the same, and if he finds any part thereof in bad condition, caused by 
neglect or inattention on the part of his predecessor, he shall imme- 
diately report the facts to the inspector, who shall thereupon in- 
vestigate the matter, and if the former engineer has been culpably 
derelict of duty he shall suspend or revoke his license. 

Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of every licensed engineer, when he 
vacates a position as engineer to notify the boiler inspector of such 
fact, and any failure to comply with this provision shall be punish- 
able by a suspension of the license for such period or periods as the 
boiler inspector may determine. 

Sec. 10. Every owner or lessee, or agent of the owner or lessee. 
of any steam boiler or steam engine over ten horse power, embraced 
within the provisions of this act, or any appliances connected there- 
with and every person acting for such owner, lessee or agent, is here- 
by forbidden to delegate or transfer, in any manner whatever, the re- 
sponsibility or liability for the management or operation or the 
maintenance in good condition and repair, of any such steam boiler 
or steam engine, or appliances connected therewith, to any person 
or persons other than a licensed engineer in charge thereof, as 
shown by compliance with section two of this act ; and any violation 
of the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be a misde- 
meanor, to be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars 
($500), or by imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both, 
at the discretion of the court : Provided, however, That on the pur- 
chase, or agreement to purchase, a new steam boiler or steam en- 
gine over ten horse power, or appliances connected therewith, the 
builder or builders thereof may contract or agree with the purchaser 
or purchasers to accept said responsibility for a period not to exceed 
sixty days ; provided that there is to be a licensed engineer in attend- 
ance thereon. 

Sec. 11. All fees received under this act shall be paid into the 
treasury of the city wherein the license is granted. 

Sec 12. Any violation of the provisions of section one of this 
act shall be deemed a misdemeanor, to be punished by a fine not ex- 
ceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding 
three months, or by both, at the discretion of the court. 

Sec. 13. Any officer charged with a duty under the provisions 
of this act, who shall fail to discharge the same or comply with the 



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requirements thereof, shall, upon conviction, be punishable by .a fine 
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceed- 
ing three months, or both, at the discretion of the court. 

Sec. 14. This act shall not affect any third class city until the 
councils of said city shall, by ordinance, provide for the creation of 
the office of boiler inspector therein. 

TENNESSEE. 

Section, i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state 
of Tennessee, That a Board of Inspectors is hereby created in cities 
and taxing districts having a population of 30,000 or over by the 
Federal census of 1880, or any further census, the city or taxing 
district Boiler Inspector and two practical steam enginers to consti- 
tute said Board of Inspectors shall be appointed by the Mayor or 
President, with the consent of the city Board of Aldermen or Taxing 
District Board of Fire and Police Commissioners and Board of Pub- 
lic Works. Their duties shall be to examine into qualifications of 
applicants for license to act as engineers of steam plants. One of 
the number shall act as secretary and keep minutes of proceedings, 
€tc. He shall give bond in the sum of $1,000 for the faithful dis- 
charge of his duties. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That any engineer appointed on 
this Board must have at least six years' experience as practical steam 
engineer, and must be a man of sober and steady habits. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Board shall hold a session 
at least twice each month for the purpose of receiving applications 
for license, and a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum 
for the transaction of business. The secretary shall keep a register 
of the names of all applicants, designate those found qualified and 
those found not qualified. Said Board shall grant certificates of 
license for one year from date thereof to all applicants who, upon 
examination, shall have the skill, experience and habits of sobriety 
requisite to perform the duties of an engineer. Said Board shall 
vise all engineers' licenses presented by the owners thereof, granted 
to them by the United States laws, without charge. Said United 
States license shall have the same effect as license granted by the 
Board. All certificates of license shall be signed by at least two 
members of the Board. A full Board by unanimous vote may revoke 
the license of any engineer for insobriety or neglect of his duties 
when in charge of a steam plant in use, but no license shall be re- 



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voked for cause without first giving the accused party an oppor- 
tunity to be heard in his own defense. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That any owner or user of steam 
boilers of a capacity of not over 75 square feet of heating surface, a 
pressure of not over 25 pounds to the square inch, and all boilers 
carrying a less pressure than 15 pounds per square inch used for 
heating purposes only, may obtain a permit from the Board to em- 
ploy a careful and trustworthy person instead of a licensed engineer, 
such person to be recommended by two citizens, one of whom shall 
be a steam user or a licensed engineer. The Boiler Inspector shall 
have power to revoke such permit for cause. When boilers are used 
for engines run day and night, the owner or user of same may em- 
ploy some trustworthy person in place of a licensed engineer, not 
exceeding twelve hours at a time under the instructions of a licensed 
engineer in charge. In case the owner or user of any boiler for cause 
be deprived of the service of a licensed engineer, he may put a care- 
ful and trustworthy person in charge for a time not exceeding six 
days. Any violation of this section shall he deemed a misdemeanor, 
punishable by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $200. 

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. That every owner or user of any 
'boiler or boilers or steam generating apparatus of over 10-horse 
power, shall, when said apparatus is in use, employ at least one li- 
censed engineer, except as provided by section 4. and any owner 
or user of steam power who shall neglect or refuse to employ a li- 
censed engineer as herein provided shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less 
than $50 nor more than $300. 

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted. That every applicant for a license 
who fails to pass the examination of the Board is required to wait 
two w r eeks before again making application for a license, and the 
Board shall give him another examination. Every applicant for a 
license must make application on a blank furnished by the Board for 
that purpose. Applicants must at least have two years' experience 
at mechanical or steam engineering, and must state his experience 
on the blank. All applications must be signed by two citizens, one of 
whom must be a steam user or licensed engineer, who shall go before 
the Board and make oath that the statements set forth in such ap- 
plications are true facts. Every engineer licensed by the Board is 
required to notify the Board when he accepts or leaves his em- 
ployment, and the location of the plant in his charge. Every licensed 



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engineer shall devote at least eight hours out of every twenty- four to 
the duties of the plant or building where he is employed as engineer, 
and if he neglects or fails to comply with this section, or if intoxi- 
cated while in the discharge of his duties, he shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less 
than $10 nor more than $100, and shall have his license revoked for 
not less than one month. The fee for each license or renewal shall 
be $5, to be used to defray the expenses of the Board, said fee to be 
paid the same as the city or taxing district privilege taxes are paid, 
and receipt for same indorsed upon the certificate, but no certificate 
shall be valid until said fee shall have been paid. The Board shall 
make such rules and regulations for their government as they shall 
deem proper, not inconsistent with this act. The Board shall make 
a quarterly report to the legislative or city council, giving the num- 
ber and names of applicants for license, the number rejected, and 
the number granted certificates. Such report shall be signed by the 
full Board and be open to the inspection of all parties interested. 
Each member of the Board shall receive $i for attendance at each 
meeting of the Board, to be paid out of the funds received for fees 
for licenses issued. 

RULE. 

Engineers taking charge of a plant must notify secretary imme- 
diately, and engineers leaving one plant to take charge of an- 
other, must notify secretary of Board ten days previous. 

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect from 
and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it; provided, 
nowever, that this act shall only apply to engineers or persons oper- 
ating stationary engines. 

BALTIMORE, MD. 

Section t. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, 
that a new article be known as stationary engineers, and be num- 
bered as an article 101, be, and the same is hereby added to the Code 
of Public General Laws, whose provisions shall be as follows : 

Sec 2. The Governor shall biennially appoint two engineers 
who have had not less than ten years' practical experience in run- 
ning steam engines, boilers and appliances pertaining to stationary 
or portable engines, and who have been residents of this state for 
not less than five years next preceding the date of their appointment, 
who shall constitute and be known as the "Board of Examining 
Engineers". The parties so appointed before entering on their 



National Association of Stationary Engineers. 27 

duties, shall make an oath before a justice of the peace that they 
will faithfully perform their duties of their office without fear, 
partiality, or favor; and that they will not during their term of 
office accept any money, gift, gratuity or consideration from any 
person, and shall give bond to be approved by the Comptroller of the 
State, in the sum of three thousand dollars each, for the faithful 
discharge of their duties, and before entering on said discharge of 
their said duties, the said inspectors shall provide themselves with 
an office in a proper location in the city of Baltimore, and shall give 
notice by publication at least five days through the two daily papers 
having the largest circulation in said city, of the time and manner in 
which they will make the examinations hereinafter provided for. 

Sec. 3. The said board shall have general supervision of all 
stationary engineers within the state of Maryland, except as here- 
inafter provided; it shall be their duty to examine all engineers of 
the age of twenty-one years and upward, who shall apply to them 
for examination ; and to give to all parties so examined, a certificate 
of proficiency if found proficient and to refuse to give such certifi- 
cate if not found proficient, and the parties so receiving such certifi- 
cate shall pay to said board the sum of three dollars for each certifi- 
cate so issued, and for all renewals of all grades the sum of one 
dollar and fifty cents ; said certificates shall be of three grades ; a 
certificate of first grade will permit the holder thereof to take charge 
of any plant of machinery, the second grade to take charge of any 
plant of machinery from one to five hundred horse power, and the 
third grade to take charge of any plant of machinery from one to 
thirty horse power, and the said certificate shall run for the term of 
one year, and shall be renewed annually, the term of beginning of 
said certificate to be from the date of the examination of the respec- 
tive applicant ; provided that no engineer having such certificate shall 
have charge of more than one plant of machinery at the same time 
unless said plant be of the same company and at one and the same 
place ; and no substitute who had not been examined and received 
the certificate aforesaid shall be placed in charge of machinery by 
an engineer who has. 

Sec. 4. All persons twenty-one years of age or upward, who 
after the adoption of this act, shall desire to fill a position as a 
stationary engineer, must make application to the "Board of Exam- 
ining Engineers" for examination and certificate of proficiency, be- 
fore he can pursue his avocation as such engineer, provided that 



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any engineer employed as stationary engineer at the works of any 
steam railway, or any engineer employed as such with any stationary 
engine, who at the time of the adoption of this act shall have been 
employed at the same place for the term of six months or more, 
shall not be required to apply for such examination and certificate; 
but whenever such engineers shall remove from the place where so 
employed they shall be, and are hereby required to make application 
for examination and certificate (to said board of examining engi- 
neers') as hereinbefore provided, and provided, further, that the pro- 
visions of this section shall not apply to persons running engines 
and boilers in sparsely settled country places, where not more than 
twenty persons are engaged in work about such engines and boilers, 
nor engineers running country saw and grist mills, threshing ma- 
chines, and other machinery of similar character, nor to marine 
engineers engaged in steamboats, ships and other vessels run by 
steam, nor to those engaged as locomotive engineers of any steam 
railway company. And in the event of any charge being made to 
said board of any engineer who may hold a certificate from them, of 
being intoxicated, while in charge of an engine or boiler, or of the 
neglect of duty on the part of such engineer or engineers, it shall 
be the duty of said board to immediately hear such charge, and if 
sustained annul such certificate. The certificate granted to the 
respective applicants must be framed and kept in a conspicuous 
place at such place as such persons may be respectively at work. 
Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon trial and conviction before a 
justice of the peace shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars 
nor more than fifty dollars, one-half of which shall be paid the 
informer and the balance to the state. 

Sec. 5. Said board of examining engineers shall meet at their 
office in the city of Baltimore for the purpose of examining appli- 
cants at least once in every week, and at a specified hour and day 
shall sit until all applicants shall be examined, and in the event of 
inability to examine all the applicants on the regular day of meet- 
ing, they shall continue their sessions for each successive da}- until 
the same shall be completed, they shall visit and inspect the running 
and management of all steam plants wherein the engineers are 
required to be examined as hereinbefore provided not less than once 
every six months, and in the event of their finding on such examina- 
tion that the engineer or engineers in charge of such plant or ma- 



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chinery are not running and managing the same with proper skill 
and care they shall report the same to the State Board of Boiler 
inspectors for their action; and said board of examining engineers 
are hereby invested with power and authority to enter ail such 
premises and make the examination herein provided for, and any 
owner of any such premises who shall refuse to allow them to enter 
and make such examination shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 
and be punishable upon trial and conviction as provided in the pre- 
ceding section. 

Sec. 6. The said board of examining engineers shall receive an 
annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars each, and shall have power 
to employ a clerk or secretary at a salary not exceeding the sum of 
one thousand dollars per annum, and such expense shall be allowed 
said board as shall be incurred in traveling expenses, office rent, 
stationery and printing, and for which they shall produce to the 
Comptroller. of the State Treasury proper vouchers, provided, how- 
ever, that no appropriation shall be made nor no moneys paid by 
the State Treasurer to said board for or on account of said salaries 
and expenses but that the same shall be paid to them by and from the 
fees received for the examination and certificates hereinbefore pro- 
vided for ; and provided, further, that the said board shall keep a 
strict account of all fees received for such purposes, and quarterly, 
under oath or affirmation, return said statement to the Comptroller 
of the State Treasury, and whenever the amount is in excess of the 
salaries and expenses hereinbefore provided for they shall forward 
such excess to said Comptroller, and they shall keep a certificate 
book, with the certificates therein duly numbered, and of which to 
each certificate there is a corresponding stub to be filled in to cor- 
respond in all respects to the certificate issued, and subject to the. 
inspection of the Comptroller when he may deem the same neces- 
sary. Provided, however, that the provisions of this act shall only 
apply to Baltimore City. 

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, that this act shall take effect from the 
date of its passage. 

Approved, April 7th, 1892. 

BUFFALO, N. Y. 

Chap. 557. 
7. To prohibit or regulate the use of locomotive engines and of 
steam, and to regulate other motive power and speed on any por- 



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tion of any railroad within the City; to require any railroad com- 
pany to keep a flagman or gates at each railroad crossing of a public 
street, to provide for the inspection of steam engines and boilers used 
in the city, and to prohibit the use of unsafe ones, and to prohibit any 
person who has not been duly licensed under such regulations as the 
Common Council may prescribe, from running any steam engine, 
stationary or otherwise, in the City, except the engineers of duly 
incorporated steam railroads while engaged in operating or run- 
ning the locomotive engines of said railroads, and engineers duly 
licensed by the authorities of the United States, while engaged in 
operating or running engines upon the waters under the jurisdiction 
of the United States or of the State of New York ; to classify such 
engineers and to provide for the appointment by the Mayor of such 
inspector, examiners and employes as may be required to carry out 
such ordinance. A marine engineer holding a United States license 
shall, on presenting such United States license to an examiner of 
the City of Buffalo, appointed pursuant to the provisions of this 
section, be given an examination, and if found qualified shall be 
given a stationary engineer's license, of the same relative grade as 
the United States license that the applicant holds, or of a grade suffi- 
ciently high to allow him to operate the plant that he was operating' 
at the same time that this act goes into effect; provided, however, 
that such marine engineer shall be a resident of the City of Buffalo 
for a period of three years before making such application, and a 
citizen of the United States. Such examination to be held in writ- 
ing, and if any engineer so examined shall be dissatisfied with the 
decision of the said examiner he shall have the right to appeal to the 
Mayor; and the Mayor shall appoint a board of three disinterested 
engineers, which may be composed of two chief engineers in active 
service, and a mechanical engineer of this City, to hear and deter- 
mine said appeal; and in case the person appealing be a marine 
engineer, one member of the board shall be a man holding a license 
as a chief engineer of steam vessels, issued by the United States, 
operating a steam plant in the City of Buffalo ; to prohibit or regu- 
late the keeping and conveying of gunpowder and other explosive 
substances, and other dangerous fluid or material, and to provide for 
the inspection, forfeiture and destruction of the same ; 

17. There is hereby created the office of examiner of stationary 
engineers, who shall be appointed by the Mayor on the first Mon- 



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day in January, 1892, or as soon thereafter as may be, and there., 
after, at any time the office may become vacant. 

Said examiner shall be a citizen of the United States, and shall 
have not less than ten years' practical experience as a stationary 
engineer, and shall hold office until his successor shall be appointed 
and qualified. Before entering upon the duties of his office he shall 
give a bond to the City of Buffalo in the sum of ($5,000) with 
two or more sureties, to be approved by the Mayor, conditional for 
the faithful performance of his duties. 

18. It shall be the duty of the examiner to make such rules and 
regulations as shall be necessary to properly carry into effect the 
provisions of this article. He shall keep a record of the transactions 
of his office, and shall render annually before the first of January a 
report of the same to the Mayor. 

It shall be his duty to give proper notice of the time when, and 
place where, he shall examine all persons who shall appear before 
him for examination, as to their qualifications to operate and have 
charge of steam engines and boilers in this City, and he shall issue 
a license to applicants, as this ordinance provides. 

19. Every person within the City limits of the City of Buffalo 
in charge of or operating any steam engine or steam boiler, (except 
persons operating locomotive steam engines, or marine engines, or 
persons licensed as engineers by the authorities of the United States, 
or persons in charge of any steam engine or steam boiler in any of 
the public school buildings, or any engineer while in the employ 
of the fire department of the city,) shall appear in person before the 
examiner, within ninety days after the passage of this ordinance, for 
examination as to his qualification as a stationary engineer, and, 
if found qualified, shall be duly licensed as this ordinance provides. 
But such persons who have charge of any steam boiler or steam 
engines in public school buildings of the city shall be examined as 
to their qualifications to have charge of the same. 

20. Xo person shall be granted a license unless he be an 
actual resident of the City of Buffalo, and shall be a citizen, or 
shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United 
States. 

21. Any person found in charge of, or operating any steam en- 
gine or steam boiler, in a state of intoxication, shall forfeit his 
license for any term not less than six months, and it shall be the 
duty of the examiner to cancel or revoke the license of any person 



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licensed under the provision of this ordinance, who shall be found 
incompetent or negligent in the performance of his duties as an 
engineer. 

22. Any owner, agent, or user, of any steam engine or steam 
boiler, in operation, who neglects or refuses to employ a licensed 
engineer, to have charge of or operate said steam engine or steam 
boiler, shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than $10, or more 
than $250 for each offence. 

23. Any person taking charge of or operating any steam engine 
or boiler, within the City limits of the City of Buffalo, without hav- 
ing a proper license, shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than 
$10 or more than $50. 

24. All licenses must be renewed annually, and no person shall 
have charge of or operate more than one steam plant. 

25. A fee of $3 shall be collected by the examiner upon issuing 
a license and $2 for each annual renewal and all fees collected shall 
be paid by the examiner to the City Treasurer on or before the 
fifth day of each month, and his failure to do so shall be a- sufficient 
cause for his removal. The examiner shall also report to the 
Common Council every three months, or oftener if required, the 
number of licenses issued and the amount of fees collected by him. 

26. All persons licensed under the provisions of this ordinance 
shall be classified and graded according to the capacity and horse- 
power of a steam engine, steam boiler or steam plant of which they 
shall be found competent to take charge, namely: Chief Engineer, 
First Class Engineers, Second Class Engineers and Special Engi- 
neers. 

Chief Engineers to take charge of and operate any size steam 
plant. First Class Engineers to take charge of any steam plant not 
exceeding 150 horse-power, and Second Class Engineers to take 
charge of and operate any size plant not exceeding 75 horse-power, 
and Special Engineer to take charge only of a certain steam engine 
or boiler to be stated in the license, such steam engine or boiler not 
to exceed ten horse-power; and such license shall not be used for a 
long-er term than one year. A permit may be issued to the owner 
of a steam engine or boiler not exceeding 10 horse-power used by 
him in his business upon the payment by him of a fee of one dollar 
therefor. 

27. Steam boilers used in private dwellings only for heating or 
cooking, where the water returns automatically to the boiler with- 



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out the aid of a pump, or injector or inspirator, are exempt from 
the provisions of this ordinance. 

28. Engineers duly licensed under the provision of this ordinance 
shall have their licenses suitably framed, under glass, and hung up 
in a conspicuous place, at or near their engine or boiler. 

CHICAGO, ILL. 

Sec. 2. Said Board of Examiners shall be provided with suitable 
quarters by the Commissioner of Public Works. Said Board shall 
make and enforce such rules and regulations for its government and 
that if its employes as may be deemed proper and desirable, not in- 
consistent with the provisions of this ordinance and the general law. 
Said Board, or a majority thereof, shall hold daily sessions, of such 
duration as may be deemed requisite, between the hours of 9 a. m. 
and 10 p. m., for the purpose of examining and determining the 
qualifications of applicants for licenses for engineers and for per- 
sons having charge of steam boilers as provided herein. 

Sec. 3. The Board of Examiners, or a majority thereof, shall 
have the power to examine into the qualifications of applicants to 
grant licenses, and, for cause, to suspend or revoke the same. Every 
application for a license must be made on the printed blanks fur- 
nished by the Board of Examiners, and that for an Engineer must 
be accompanied by a fee of two ($2) dollars and that for a boiler 
or water tender must be accompanied by a fee of one ($1) dollar. 

Sec 4. An applicant for an engineer's license must be a machin- 
ist or engineer, having at least two years' practice in the manage- 
ment, operation or construction of steam engines and boilers. An 
applicant for a boiler tender's license must be a person who has a 
thorough knowledge of the construction, management and operation 
of steam boilers. Each applicant must state upon the blank the ex- 
tent of his experience; must be at least 21 years of age, a citizen 
of the United States, or have declared his intention to become such ; 
must be of temperate habits and good character ; all of which must 
be vouched for in writing by at least two citizens of Chicago or 
may be verified under oath by the applicant when required by the 
Board of Examiners. 

Sec. 5. The Board shall have power to suspend the license of an 
engineer or of a boiler or water tender for permitting water to get 
too low in boiler; for carrying a higher pressure of steam than al- 
lowed by law ; for an absence from his post of duty ; or for any vio- 



34 Report of License Committee 

lation of the provisions of this ordinance, or other neglect or incapac- 
ity ; provided, however, that no license shall be suspended or revoked 
without first giving an accused party an opportunity to be heard in 
his own defense. When a license of an engineer or boiler or water 
tender shall be revoked, no license shall be issued to the same person 
for the first offense for 30 days thereafter; for the second offense 
for 90 days; for any offense thereafter his license shall be per- 
manently revoked, and then, only upon full compliance with the con- 
ditions and provisions prescribed for an original license. In case of 
suspension or revocation of a license, the fee thereof shall be for- 
feited to the city. 

Sec. 6. Every certificate or license issued to an engineer or boiler 
or water tender shall be signed by the majority of the Board of Ex- 
aminers, sealed with an imprint of the Board's seal, and attested 
by the Clerk. 

Sec. 8. If any member of the Board of Examiners, or any person 
or- employe connected therewith, shall at any time, or under any 
pretense whatever, himself, or through any other person or persons 
receive, or cause to be received any money, gift or other valuable 
thing or consideration, except as herein provided, for the purpose of 
officially favoring any applicant, or for the purpose of deceiving or 
defrauding any person or persons, or shall issue a license authorizing 
any person or persons to act as engineer or boiler or water tender 
without first having examined and found him or them qualified for 
such service, in accordance with the provisions and conditions of this 
ordinance, then, in such case, the member or members of the Board, 
or other person so offending shall be removed from office by the 
Mayor, and ever after be debarred from holding any position, official 
or otherwise, in the service of the City of Chicago, and any applicant 
who shall himself, or through any other person, offer, or cause to 
be offered, any money or other valuable consideration to said Board, 
or any member thereof, or any person connected therewith, for any 
official act or favor, shall ever after be debarred from receiving any 
license under this ordinance. 

Sec 9. No steam engine or boiler subject to the provisions of 
this ordinance shall be used, managed or operated in the City of Chi- 
cago, except by an engineer or boiler or water tender as provided 
herein, and who shall have been duly licensed as provided herein 
and who shall have and exhibit a certificate thereof. Any person who 
shall take charge of or manage or operate any steam engine or boiler. 



National Association of Stationary Engineers. 35 

or any portion of a steam plant in the City of Chicago without a 
proper and valid license, as provided by this ordinance, shall for 
each and every offense, be subject to a fine of not less than twenty 
dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and any person, agent, firm, com- 
pany or corporation owning or controlling any steam engine, boiler, 
or other steam plant, who shall authorize or permit any person or 
persons without a proper and valid license as required herein to 
take charge of or to manage or to operate any steam engine or boiler 
or any portion of a steam plant, shall, for each and every offense, 
be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two 
hundred dollars, and each day's violation of the terms of this ordi- 
nance, or any of them, shall constitute a separate offense. 

Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Board of Examiners to see 
that each boiler plant in the City of Chicago shall have a licensed 
engineer or boiler or water tender or both as provided herein, in 
charge at all times when working under pressure, whose certificate 
of qualification shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the 
engine or boiler room, and each engineer and boiler tender shall 
devote his entire time while boilers are working under pressure, 
to the duties of the plant under his charge. Any person who has 
charge of a steam boiler, whose duty it is to keep up the water in 
such boiler, shall be deemed a boiler or water tender within the 
meaning of this ordinance, but the provisions hereof for the exam- 
ination, licensing and regulation of boiler or water tenders shall only 
apply to boiler or water tenders, who are in charge of a steam boiler 
or boilers which are detached from the engine room or so 
far removed therefrom or otherwise circumstanced or located as to 
render it difficult for the engineer in charge of the plant to give 
it or them his personal attention and supervision. 

Sec. 11. Every engineer licensed under this ordinance shall, 
within the first ten days of January and July respectively, of each 
year, make a written report to the Board of Examiners of the con- 
dition of the engine, boilers and steam apparatus comprising the 
plant under his charge, and every boiler or water tender shall at 
the same time make to said Board of Examiners a similar report 
of the condition of the boiler or boilers and steam apparatus under 
his charge. All additions or changes made in any plant must be 
reported by the engineer, and the boiler or water tender, to the 
Board of Examiners within ten days thereafter. 

Sec. 12. The engineers in charge of locomotives shall be ex- 



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empt from the provisions of this ordinance, and all boilers used for 
heating private dwellings, hot houses, conservatories and other 
boilers carrying not more than ten pounds of pressure of steam per 
square inch, and the persons operating them shall be exempt from 
the provisions of this ordinance. The police are instructed to 
report all infractions of this ordinance coming to their notice. 

Sec. 13. Said Board hereby created shall not in its salaries and 
expenditures exceed the amount received from license fees; shall 
quarterly and yearly make a written report under oath to the City 
Comptroller of all receipts and expenditures, and pay over to the 
City of Chicago all balances in their hands. The salary of the 
Secretary of the Board shall be seventeen hundred (1,700) dollars 
per year, and he shall devote his whole time seeing to the enforce- 
ment of the provisions of this ordinance, and each of the other mem- 
bers shall receive a salary of fifteen hundred (1,500) dollars per 
year, from the first day of March, A. D. 1892. In case the receipts 
from the license fees shall be insufficient to pay above salaries and 
the legitimate expenses of said Board, their salaries above men- 
tioned shall be diminished pro rata to the amount of the deficiency. 

DENVER, COLO. 

STATIONARY ENGINEERS. 

Sec. i. Board of examiners created — qualifications — 'duty. There 
shall be appointed by the Mayor, a board of examiners, consisting 
of the city boiler inspector and two practical engineers, who shall 
be competent judges of the construction of steam boilers and en- 
gines, and experienced in their operation, whose duty it shall be 
to examine applicants for licenses as engineers and boiler or water 
tenders in accordance with the rules and regulations of this ordi- 
nance, and issue certificates of qualification. Each certificate so 
issued by them shall expire one year from the date of issue. 

COMPENSATION, TERM OF OFFICE. 

Sec 1. The terms of office of said appointees shall be for the 
period of four years, with power of suspension or removal by the 
Mayor at any time for cause, provided, the term of office of the 
board first appointed shall expire with the present city administra- 
tion; and the members of said board shall receive four dollars per 
day for each and every day necessarily consumed in the perform- 
ance of services as herein provided for; Provided, that the total 
sum of money to be paid any one member of said board shall not 



National Association of Stationary Engineers. 37 

exceed in the aggregate the sum of two hundred dollars per annum. 

Sec. 2. Rules and regulations — sessions. Said board of examin- 
ers shall be provided with suitable quarters by the commissioner of 
supplies. Said board shall make and enforce such rules and regula- 
tions for its government and that of its employees as may be deemed 
proper and desirable, not inconsistent with the provisions of this 
chapter. Said board, or a majority thereof, shall hold weekly ses- 
sions, of such duration as may be deemed requisite, between the 
hours of nine o'clock A. M. and ten o'clock P. M., for the purpose 
of examining and determining the qualifications of applicants for 
licenses as engineers or as boiler or water tender as provided herein. 

Sec. 3. Examination — license — license fee. The board of examin- 
ers, or a majority thereof, shall have power to examine into the 
qualifications of applicants, grant licenses, and, for cause, suspend 
or revoke the same. Every application for a license shall be made 
on the printed blanks furnished by the board of examiners, and 
shall set forth the name, age and citizenship of the applicant, and 
the extent of his experience. An application for an engineer's license 
shall be accompanied by a fee of two dollars and that for a boiler or 
water tender's license shall be accompanied by a fee of one dollar. 

Sec 4. Applicant's qualification. An applicant for an engineer's 
license shall be a machinist or engineer, having at least two year's 
practice in the management, operation or construction of steam en- 
gine and boilers. An applicant for a boiler tender's license shall be 
a person who has a thorough knowledge of the construction, man- 
agement and operation of steam boilers. Each engineer and boiler 
or water tender, so to be licensed, shall be at least twenty-one years 
of age, shall be of temperate habits and good character, all of which 
shall be vouched for in writing by at least two citizens of Denver, 
or shall be verified under oath by the applicant when required by the 
board of examiners. 

Sec 5. License — suspension — revocation. The board of examin- 
ers shall have power to suspend the license of an engineer or of a boi- 
ler or water tender for permitting water to get too low in the boiler ; 
for carrying a higher pressure of steam than allowed by law ; for an 
absence from his post of duty ; or for any violation of any of the 
provisions of this ordinance, or other neglect or incapacity; Pro- 
vided, however, that no license shall be suspended or revoked with- 
out first giving the accused person an opportunity to be heard in 
his own defense. When the license of an engineer or boiler or 



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water tender shall be revoked for the first offence, no license shall 
be issued to him for thirty days thereafter; for the second offence 
for ninety days ; for any offense thereafter his license shall be per- 
manently revoked. 

Sec. 6. License — attestation of. Every certificate of license 
issued to an engineer or boiler or water tender shall be signed by the 
majority of the board of examiners, and sealed with an imprint of 
the board's seal and attested by the city clerk. 

Sec. 7. Records. The board of examiners shall cause to be 
kept a full and correct detailed record of its official proceedings, 
including the names of the members of the board, the names, a^es, 
and residences of all applicants for licenses, the number issued and 
rejected, the number licenses suspended, renewed or revoked, the 
cause therefor, and the names of the persons forfeiting licenses. 

Sec 8. Bribery — fraud. If a member of the board of examiners, 
or any person or employe connected therewith, shall at any time, 
or under any pretense whatever, himself or through any other per- 
son or persons receive, or cause to be received, any money, gift or 
other valuable thing or consideration, for the purpose of officially fa- 
voring any applicant, or for the purpose of deceiving or defrauding 
any person, or shall issue a license authorizing any person to act as 
engineer or boiler or water tender without first having examined 
and found him qualified for such service, in accordance with the 
provisions and conditions of this ordinance, then, in such case, the 
member or members of the board or other person so offending shall 
be removed from office by the mayor, and ever after be debarred 
from holding any position, official or otherwise, in the service of 
the city, and any applicant who shall himself, or through any other 
person, offer, or cause to be offered, any money, or other valuable 
consideration to said board, or any number thereof, or any person 
connected therewith, for any official act or favor, shall ever after 
be debarred from receiving any license under this ordinance. 

Sec. 9. Unlicensed engineer. No steam engine or boiler subject 
to the provisions of this ordinance shall be used, managed or oper- 
ated in the city, except by an engineer or boiler or water tender 
as provided herein, who shall have been duly licensed as provided 
herein and who shall have and exhibit a certificate thereof. Anv 
person who shall take charge of or manage or operate any steam 
engine or boiler, or any portion of a steam plant in the city without 
a proper and valid license, as provided by this ordinance shall, for 



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each offense, be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty 
dollars, and any person or corporation owning or controlling any 
steam engine, boiler or other steam plant, who shall authorize or 
permit any person without a proper and valid license, as required 
herein, to take charge of, manage or operate any steam engine or 
boiler or any portion of a steam plant, shall, for each offence, be 
fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars 
and each day's violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance 
shall constitute a separate offence. 

Sec. 10. Renewal of licenses — fees paid. All such licenses may 
be renewed from year to year upon payment of the license fee above 
specified and without further examination, unless the applicant 
applies for a different class or grade of license. 

Sec. 11. Duty of board to enforce. It shall be the duty of the 
board of examiners to see that each boiler plant in the city 
shall have a licensed engineer or boiler or water tender, or 
both, as provided herein, in charge at all times when working under 
pressure, whose certificate of qualification shall be displayed in a 
conspicuous place in the engine or room, and each engineer or boiler 
or water tender shall devote his entire time, while boilers are work- 
ing under pressure, to the duties of the plant under his charge. 

Any person who has charge of a steam boiler, whose duty it is to 
keep the water in such boiler shall be deemed a boiler or water 
tender, within the meaning of this ordinance. But the provisions 
hereof for the examination, licensing and regulation of boiler or 
water tenders shall apply only to boiler or water tenders who are 
in charge of a steam boiler or boilers which are in charge of the 
plant to give such boiler or boilers his personal attention and super- 
vision. 

Sec. 12. Exempt persons. Engineers in charge of locomotives 
and engineers or boiler or water tenders in charge of boilers carry- 
ing not more than ten pounds pressure of steam per square inch 
shall be exempt from the provisions of this ordinance. 

Sec 13. Report of fees collected, etc. The board of examiners 
shall upon the last day of each calendar month pay over to the city 
treasurer all fees, charges, moneys, or valuable consideration of any 
kind whatsoever paid to or collected or received by said board of 
examiners of stationary engineers by reason of or for or on ac- 
count of the performance of any duties required to be performed 
by said board ; and each payment shall be accompanied by a report 



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in writing directed to the Mayor and verified by affidavit of the 
president or secretary of said board, showing in detail all fees, 
charges, moneys or valuable consideration of any kind paid to or 
collected or received by said board during the month ending the day 
of such report; and such report shall contain such other and fur- 
ther information as the Mayor may require. 

In case the receipts from the license fees which shall be paid over 
by said board to the city treasurer shall be insufficient to pay the 
salaries, they shall be diminished pro rata according to the amount 
of the deficiency. 

Sec. 14. Neglect to pay. Any refusal, failure or neglect on the 
part of any member of the said board to pay over to the city treas- 
urer all fees, charges, moneys or valuable consideration of any 
kind collected or received by him, or to submit a report in writing 
in manner and form as hereinbefore provided for, shall be con- 
strued as a resignation on the part of such member of the said 
board and the Mayor may thereupon declare his office vacant, and 
appoint a successor. 

DETROIT, MICH. 

Sec. 18. No person shall have charge of or operate a steam 
boiler in the City of Detroit without a license. Whenever any 
person claiming to be qualified to operate a boiler shall apply 
in writing, on blanks provided for the purpose, for a license, the 
inspector shall examine him and consider the proof offered in sup- 
port of his claims, and, if after full and careful examination, the 
inspector is satisfied that his knowledge and experience render him 
competent to handle boilers with safety to life and property, and 
that his character and habits are such as to cause the belief that he 
is a safe person to be entrusted with the responsibilities of such a 
position, he shall issue a license certificate to that effect, designating 
the class in which he is authorized to operate. 

In case steam users want an inspection of their boilers on Sundays 
the inspectors may make an extra charge of two ($2.00) dollars 
for each boiler inspected. 

There shall be three grades of engineers' license. First-class 
shall be unlimited as to the number of boilers and pressure, and 
shall be granted to any citizen having five years' experience in the 
care of steam boilers, providing he can pass a satisfactory examina- 
tion. Second-class shall be limited to 75-horse-power, and shall be 



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granted to any citizen having an experience of three years in the 
care of steam boilers, provided he can pass a satisfactory examina- 
tion. Third-class shall be limited to 25-horse-power, and shall be 
granted to any citizen having experience in firing steam boilers for 
two years, provided he can pass a satisfactory examination. Any 
person who makes application for a certain class and fails to procure 
it for any cause, the inspector can assign him to the class in which 
his examination entitles him, and he cannot make application again 
for a period of less than three months. Any man having a second 
or third-class license can act as an assistant to a first-class man. It 
shall be considered a violation of this ordinance for a person having 
charge of a steam plant to leave it without a competent person in 
charge, and on conviction he shall be punished by a fine of not more 
than ten dollars, or on failure to pay, shall be confined in the house 
of correction for a period of not more than 30 days. In case any 
applicant shall feel aggrieved at the decision of the Boiler Inspector, 
he may appeal to the Common Council. 

Incompetency, intemperance, inattention to the duties of his 
position, absence from his post of duties without providing a com- 
petent substitute, failure to keep the boilers and all their equipment 
in his charge in good repair, and proper working order, shall be 
regarded as sufficient cause for withholding or revoking a license 
by the inspector. 

All licenses and certificates of inspection must be displayed prom- 
inently in the engine or boiler room during the period for which they 
are issued. Fireman's license must be displayed in the boiler room. 

The inspector shall prepare and have properly printed general 
directions for the handling of boilers and boiler appliances which 
shall be displayed in the boiler room. 

Sec. 19. The fee for examining applicants for licenses to operate 
engines and boilers, and for the certificates, shall be one ($1) dollar; 
and for each fireman's license $1. This fee shall be paid before an 
examination can be demanded, but one-half of the amount paid 
shall be refunded if the license is refused. Refusal to grant a li- 
cense of a grade applied for shall not debar the applicant from 
applying for a license of a lower grade, but no applicant shall, after 
having been refused a license be again examined for a license of the 
same class within a period of three months from date of refusal. 

Sec. 20. It shall be regarded as a misdemeanor to tamper with 
or in any way injure any safety valve, safety water column or other 



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appliance with the purpose or effect of rendering it inoperative 
or in any way impairing its efficiency. Any such misdemeanor 
shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment in 
the Detroit House of Correction for a period not, exceeding three 
months, or both at the discretion of the court. 

Sec. 21. If any person shall on or after thirty days subsequent 
to the passage of this ordinance, operate any steam boiler in the city 
of Detroit without having complied with the requirements of this 
ordinance, or shall keep in use any boiler after receiving notice 
from the inspector that it is unsafe at greater pressure than the in- 
spector may stipulate, or shall operate any boiler at a greater pres- 
sure than authorized, or shall employ any person without a license 
to operate any boiler within the city of Detroit, he or they shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be 
sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 and to undergo impris- 
onment in the Detroit House of Correction for a term not ex- 
ceeding six months and any person so offending shall be liable for 
all damages resulting directly or indirectly from such acts. 

Sec. 22. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to 
boilers upon locomotives, boilers under the jurisdiction of the United 
States, and boilers operated by the Fire Department of the city of 
Detroit, or boilers used in private residences for heating purposes. 

Sec. 23. In making inspections the inspector shall apply the 
hammer test, and also when deemed necessary by said inspector 
of the hydrostatic pressure in relation of 150 pounds to 100 pounds, 
as the working power allowed such steam boilers. 

Sec. 24. The Common Council can at any time remove the in- 
spector when there is proof to show that he is either negligent in 
inspection or partial in the granting of engineers' licenses, according 
to the charter. 

GOSHEN, IND. 
ORDINANCE NO. IO4. 

An Ordinance relating to licensing Stationary Engineers. 

Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Goshen, 
Ind. : 

Section i. It shall be unlawful for any person to have charge 
of or operate a steam boiler or engine in this city, except locomotive 
boilers and engines, boilers to private residences, or boilers of less 
than eight (8) horse-power, unless he holds a license as hereinafter 
provided, and it shall be unlawful for any owner or user of any 



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steam boiler or engine, other than those above excepted, to operate 
or cause to be operated a steam boiler or engine for a period of more 
than one (1) week without a duly licensed engineer in charge. 

Sec. 2. Any person desiring to act as an engineer shall make 
application to so act, to the examiner of engineers upon blanks fur- 
nished by the examiner, and, if upon examination, the applicant is 
found trustworthy and competent, a license shall be granted to said 
applicant; such license shall continue in force for one (1) year un- 
less after proper hearing it is sooner revoked, for intoxication or 
other sufficient cause, and may be renewed each year upon applica- 
tion to the authority granting the same, or at such time as may be 
determined by said authority. 

Sec. 3. License shall be granted according to the competency 
of the applicant, and shall be divided into classes as follows : 

Class 1. Engineers' license of this class to be unlimited as to 
horse-power. 

Class 2. Engineers' license of this class shall be limited to one 
hundred and fifty (150) horse-power. 

Class 3. Engineers' license of this class shall be limited to fifty 
(50) horse-power. Engineers holding second or third-class licenses 
may act as assistant engineers in a plant of any capacity, provided 
the man in charge holds a first-class license. 

Sec. 4. The fee for examinations for applicants shall be one 
($1.00) dollar, to be paid at the time of the application for exami- 
nation, and one (1) dollar for each renewal of license. All sums 
paid as aforesaid shall be received by the examiner, who, after pay- 
ing all expenses that may be incurred, shall retain the balance as his 
compensation ; it being understood that the city is to be at no expense 
in carrying out this law. 

Sec 5. The mayor, with the consent of the council, shall ap- 
point an engineer to act as examiner. Said appointment to be made 
at the first meeting of the council in June of each year. But said . 
examiner may be removed at any time if, in the opinion of the 
mayor or council, he is not performing his duties satisfactorily. 

Sec 6. It shall be the duty of the examiner to notify every per- 
son operating a boiler or engine mentioned in Section one (1) and 
not included in the exceptions therein specified to apply for a license 
under this act, and to give such person a reasonable opportunity to 
take an examination. The examiner shall issue a license or shall 



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notify the applicant of his rejection, within forty-eight (48) hours 
after his examination. 

Sec. 7. Any person dissatisfied with the action of the examiner 
in refusing or revoking a license, may appeal to the mayor, who will 
appoint two (2) licensed engineers, to act with the examiner in the 
case, their decision to be final. 

Sec. 8. Whoever, after being notified, as provided in Section 
six (6), intentionally violates the provisions of Section one (1) of 
this act, shall be punished by aiine not exceeding one hundred dol- 
lars ($100) or by imprisonment not exceeding three (3) months. 

Sec 9. This a*ct shall take effect on the 1st day of December, 
1895, and any person applying for a license as engineer on or be- 
fore that date, shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions 
of this act until his application is passed upon or rejected by the 
proper authorities. 

JERSEY CITY, JM. J. 

Section i. No person shall be the engineer of, or shall have 
charge of or operate any steam boiler or steam engine in the City 
of Jersey City, for a period exceeding one week, who shall not 
have a license certificate authorizing him to have charge of or to 
operate such engine or boiler, from the Board of Examiners here- 
inafter constituted. 

Sec 2. The Board of Aldermen shall, within sixty days after 
passage of this ordinance, appoint a Board of Examiners, which 
shall consist of three members, one of whom, at least, shall be an 
engineer who has had ten years' experience in the operation of 
steam boilers or steam engines, who shall hold office for a period of 
two years, or until their successors are appointed, and shall grant 
the licenses hereinafter provided for, and serve without pay. 

Sec 3. Before any person shall be employed as an engineer 
of any such steam boiler or engine, or shall have charge of or 
operate any such boiler or engine, he shall make a written applica- 
tion to said Board of Examiners for the license hereinbefore men- 
tioned, which application shall be accompanied by references as to 
his character and ability, and the filing of such reference with such 
Board shall be considered as a compliance with the provisions of 
this ordinance, for thirty days thereafter, or until his said applica- 
tion shall have been passed upon by said Board, and said applicant, 
after the filing of said references shall have the right to operate 



National Association of Stationary Engineers. 45 

and have charge of any such engine, boiler or plant until his ap- 
plication shall have been passed upon by said Board. 

Sec. 4. Every person who shall satisfy said Board of Exam- 
iners that he is a safe and competent person to operate and have 
charge of the steam plant, boiler or engine specified in his applica- 
tion, shall, on payment of one dollar ($1.00) to the City Clerk for 
the benefit of the city, receive a license permitting him to operate 
the same for one year, unless sooner revoked. For annual re- 
newals of such licenses a fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall be paid, 
and no additional hearings shall be required, unless in the judgment 
of said board it shall be necessary. Said licenses must be framed 
and hung in a conspicuous place in the plant, or upon or near 
the engine in charge of such licensee. 

Sec. 5. Said Board may at any time revoke any license issued, 
on account of inebriety, incompetency or negligence of the holder 
of any license or for any other good cause, and no license shall be 
issued to any licensee whose license shall have been revoked, dur- 
ing the next six months ensuing, after which the license revoked 
may be renewed, if, in the judgment of the Board, the cause of its 
revocation no longer exists. 

Sec 6. If said Board shall refuse to grant to any applicant 
a license, no license shall be issued to him for the next six months 
following the refusal of his application, but after said period said 
applicant may make another application, and if qualified, may be 
granted a license. 

Sec 7. Whenever said Board shall refuse to grant any applica- 
tion, or shall revoke any license, they shall give immediate notice 
of such refusal or revocation to the applicant or licensee, and such 
applicant or licensee may appeal from the decision of such Board 
to the Board of Aldermen, in which case said applicant or licensee 
shall file his appeal with the Board of Aldermen within ten days 
after receiving notice of the decision of said Board, and the Board 
of Aldermen may confirm or reverse the decision of said Board, 
and issue such license. 

Sec 8. Any person found guilty of any violation of the pro- 
visions of this ordinance, shall be fined not more than twenty dol- 
lars ($20.00), nor less than ten dollars ($10.00). 

Sec 9. This ordinance shall not apply to railway locomotives 
nor engineers employed thereon, nor to steam vessels coming under 
the jurisdiction of the United States Board of Supervising Inspec- 



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tors, when employed upon the vessels to which said license ap- 
plies. Nor shall it apply to boilers in private residences or build- 
ings for heating purposes, unless, in the opinion of said Board 
such boiler is so equipped and run as to endanger public safety un- 
less operated by a licensed engineer. 

Sec. 10. Any engineer in charge of any steam engine, who 
shall abandon it while in operation, without leaving a person in 
charge of the same, who shall, in the opinion of the employer of 
said engineer, or of the owner of such engine, be competent to take 
charge of the same, shall be fined not more than twenty dollars 
($20.00), nor less than ten dollars ($10.00). 

KANSAS CITY, MO. 

Section i. The Mayor shall appoint by and with the consent 
of the Council a boiler inspector, who shall be a practical boiler 
maker, and competent to test and inspect steam boilers and all 
steam generating apparatus under pressure. Said boiler inspector 
is authorized to appoint, by and with the consent of the Mayor, 
one deputy inspector, and perform the same duties in case of tem- 
porary absence from the city, sickness or other disability of the 
boiler inspector. The boiler inspector shall hold his office for the 
term of one year, from the second Monday in April, after the an- 
nual election in each year, and until his successor is appointed 
and qualified. The said deputy inspector shall serve without com- 
pensation from the city, and hold his office until removed by the 
Mayor. The Mayor shall also designate and appoint by and with 
the consent of the Council two persons, both of whom shall be 
practical and mechanical engineers, having had at least five years' 
experience in the business, who, in connection with the boiler in- 
spector shall constitute a board of engineers. 

Sec. 2. The boiler inspector shall devote his time and attention 
to the duties of his office, and also perform the duties of Secretary 
of the Board of Engineers. He shall carefully inspect and test 
every stationary boiler and steam generating apparatus under pres- 
sure, used for stationary power, as provided by this ordinance, 
including all the attachments and connections located within the 
City of Kansas, at least once annually. He shall keep a complete 
and accurate record of the names of all owners or users of steam 
boilers, giving a full description of the boilers inspected by him, 
and the amount of pressure allowed the date when last tested. 



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He shall notify all owners or users of boilers of the time when a 
re-inspection and test will be made, at least ten days before the 
expiration of each certificate of inspection and appoint a day on 
which he will make a re-inspection. The manner of inspection shall 
be substantially as follows: The boiler inspector shall have the 
option of taking the hammer test or the hydrostatic test. If the 
hammer test be used, the examination shall be thorough and search- 
ing upon every part of the boiler, both internally and externally, 
including all fittings and attachments. If the hydrostatic test be 
used, each boiler shall be tested by hydraulic pressure one-fourth 
greater than the ordinary working pressure used, and the certifi- 
cate of inspection herein provided shall state the maximum pressure 
at which any boiler may be worked. In case a defect shall be dis- 
covered in any boiler or attachments thereto, the boiler inspector 
shall report the same to the owner or user of said boiler or boilers, 
and state the facts of the case in writing, giving a description of 
the particular locality in which each defect may be found, and 
whether of a dangerous character necessitating immediate repair. 
If the boiler inspector shall at any time find a boiler, which in his 
judgment is unsafe, after inspecting the same, he shall condemn 
its further use. All boilers to be tested by hydrostatic pressure 
shall be filled with water by the owners or users, and they shall fur- 
nish the necessary labor required to work and handle the pumps 
in applying the test. When leaks occur which prevent a successful 
test, the boiler inspector shall make a second test, upon receiving 
notice that all leaks have been repaired. If, upon making the 
second test, the boiler or boilers are still defective, he shall for 
each subsequent test collect an additional inspection fee, but in no 
case shall he give a certificate until fully satisfied of the safety of 
the boiler or boilers. All certificates of inspection shall be for one 
year and no longer. 

Sec. 3. The boiler inspector and board of engineers shall be 
provided with all needed blanks and stationery needful for their 
official duties. Said board shall provide for regular sessions, and the 
boiler inspector shall act as secretary and keep minutes of the pro- 
ceedings. Said board shall convene for business once in each month 
to examine into qualifications of applicants for engineer's licenses. 
The boiler inspector shall have power to call a special session of 
the board, if deemed necessary. A majority of the members of the 
said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 



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ness. The secretary shall keep a register of the names of all appli- 
cants, designating those found qualified and those not qualified. 
Said board shall grant certificates of license, charging therefor 
each applicant the sum of five dollars for the first certificate, three 
dollars to be deposited with the clerk of the board; each applicant 
to be allowed three trials. If he then fails to pass a satisfactory 
examination, the applicant shall then forfeit the money deposited 
with the clerk of the board; but if the applicant has the capacity, 
skill, experience and habits of sobriety requisite to perform the 
duties of an engineer, and shall pass examination successfully, the 
board shall grant him a license for the term of one year upon the 
payment of an additional two ($2) dollars. And any person thus 
qualified shall not be refused a license. Renewal of license will be 
granted to applicants, upon payment of two dollars and fifty cents 
($2.50), if renewed on or before the next regular meeting of the 
board of engineers after its expiration, said regular meeting to take 
place on the first Tuesday of each month. Said board of engineers 
shall vise all engineer's licenses presented by the owner thereof, 
granted him by the United States laws, which shall have the same 
effect as licenses granted by the board, and the engineers whose 
licenses are vised by the board shall be subject to the provisions 
of this ordinance. All certificates of license granted shall be signed 
by not less than two, and may be signed by all members of the board. 
The board of engineers may adopt such rules and regulations as 
they shall deem proper, not inconsistent with this ordinance and the 
general law. A full board of engineers, by a unanimous vote, shall 
have power to revoke an engineer's license for inebriety, dishonesty 
or neglect of his duties when in charge of an engine in use, and 
may order the reinspection of any boiler whenever they shall deem 
it necessary for the public safety, but no license shall be perma- 
nently revoked for cause without first giving the accused party an 
opportunity to be heard in his own defense. 

Sec. 4. Any owner or user of a steam boiler feeling aggrieved 
on account of any decision of the boiler inspectors, may appeal to 
the board of engineers, and, upon a thorough and careful investiga- 
tion of the matter at issue between the parties, a majority of the 
board shall decide the question, which decision shall be final in all 
cases. But the boiler inspector shall not have ^a voice in any matter 
in which there is an appeal from his decision. 

Sec. 5. In case the user or owner of any boiler shall for any 



National Association of Stationary Engineers. 49 

cause be deprived of the services of a licensed engineer, he must 
notify the boiler inspector at once and may procure an experiencd 
and careful person in charge for a time not exceeding three days. 
Where boilers are used and engines run night and day the owner 
or user of steam power must employ two (2) licensed engineers who 
may stand watch alternately. Any person or persons intending to 
put a boiler or boilers into their establishment or building must 
apply to the boiler inspector for a permit before setting up any 
boiler; and any one failing or refusing to comply with the same 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall 
be fined not less than fifty (50), nor more than three hundred (300) 
dollars. 

SEC. 6. All owners or users of any stationary boiler or boilers, 
or steam generating apparatus under pressure, shall have the same 
inspected and tested as herein provided, before and while being 
used, and at least once a year thereafter; and for every neglect or 
refusal to have such inspection and test, they shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a 
sum no less than twenty-five (25) dollars nor more than two hun- 
dred (200) dollars. If owners or users of steam boilers, or engi- 
neers in charge of the same, shall carry a greater pressure than is 
allowed, in the certificate of inspection granted by the boiler in-, 
spector, they or either of them, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in the sum of not 
less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than three hundred dollars; 
and in case of an engineer, his license shall be revoked ; or if such 
owners or users shall use any boiler which has been condemned as 
unsafe by the boiler inspector, they shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not 
less than one hundred dollars ($100) or more than five hundred 
dollars ($500). Every owner or user of steam boilers or steam 
generating apparatus carrying not above ten (10) pounds pressure 
only, shall have the safety valve of such boiler set by the boiler in- 
spector who shall place an apparatus over such safety valve securely 
sealed, and the owners or users of said boilers must provide the ap- 
paratus necessary to securely seal such safety valves. 

Sec. 7. Every owner or user of any boiler or boilers, or steam 
generating apparatus of over five horse power when the boilers are 
in use, must employ a competent engineer having a certificate of 
license from the board of engineers; and every owner or user, as 



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aforesaid, who shall neglect or refuse to employ a licensed engineer, 
as herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, 
on conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than twenty-five 
dollars ($25), nor more than three hundred dollars ($300). 

Sec. 8. The auditor shall issue to the comptroller certificates 
of inspection of steam boilers, regularly numbered and duly signed 
by each of said officers, in denominations proper to meet the re- 
quirements of this ordinance, but blank as to the owner's or user's 
name, date, pressure, locality and number of the boiler. The comp- 
troller shall issue such certificates of inspection to the boiler in- 
spector, and charge them to him. The boiler inspector shall collect 
from all owners or users of boilers the following inspection fee, 
and no more: For every boiler, five dollars ($5), whether set single 
or in sets. Where sets of boilers are built one above another, only 
those immediately over the fire-bed shall be counted. The boiler 
inspector, upon receipt of the money, for the inspection fee, shall 
promptly deliver to every owner or user of any boiler, certificates 
of inspection of the boilers inspected by him or his assistant. Every 
such certificate of inspection shall be properly filled up, as herein 
provided, and signed by said boiler inspector. Said certificate of 
inspection shall be displayed in some prominent place near where 
the boilers are used. The boiler inspector shall make monthly re- 
turns to the city comptroller of all moneys collected, giving the 
names of the steam users, from whom collected, and shall pay the 
moneys collected into the city treasury at least once in each month. 

Sec. 9. The boiler inspector shall make a semi-annual report 
to the comptroller, reporting the full number of boilers in the city, 
the number in use, the number inspected and the number condemned 
as unsafe. He shall report the date, name of the owner and the 
locality of every boiler accident, whether it be from a rupture or 
collapse of flue, or explosion of the shell of the boiler, stating his 
belief as to the cause thereof . He shall further report the number 
and names of applicants for engineers' licenses, the number of re- 
jected and the number of granted certificates. Such report shall 
be signed by the full board of engineers, and open to the inspection 
of all persons interested. 

Sec. 10. The boiler inspector shall receive a salary of eighteen 
hundred dollars ($1,800) per annum, subject always to the further 
provisions of this ordinance, which shall be in full for all services 
rendered by him. He shall give bond to the city of Kansas City in 



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the penal sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000), with two or more 
securites to be approved by the comptroller, conditioned for the 
faithful, skillful and impartial performance of the duties of his 
office, and that he will fully account for and pay into the city treasury 
all moneys received by him, as herein provided. The deputy in- 
spector appointed under this chapter shall give a bond in the penal 
sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), with the same conditions 
as required of the boiler inspector, and subject to the approval of 
the comptroller. The members of the Board of Engineers, except 
the boiler inspector, shall each receive three dollars ($3) for each 
regular session at which they are present. They shall give bond in 
like manner as the boiler inspector, with same conditions, and in 
the penal sum of five hundred dollars ($500), said bond to be ap- 
proved by the comptroller. The board of engineers and deputy in- 
spector appointed under this chapter shall each possess the qualifi- 
cations prescribed in Section ten (10), Article four (4) of the 
charter. 

Sec. 11. If the boiler inspector or his deputy shall neglect or 
fail to discharge his or their duty, by reason of inebriety, or by 
neglecting to perform the duties of inspector, or to pay over moneys 
received for inspection as provided in this ordinance, or in any man- 
ner use their position for corrupt or dishonest purposes, he or they 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, 
be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100), and for- 
feit his or their office. 

Sec. 12. All engineers, engines an boilers of the fire department 
of Kansas City, and the locomotive boiler used on railroads, and 
steam boilers supplied with water automatically, when used only 
for heating dwelling houses, and not carrying under pressure of over 
ten pounds of steam per square inch, are exempt from the provisions 
of this ordinance. 

Sec 13. All expenditure for the inspection of boilers shall be 
charged and paid as expenses of the office of boiler inspector and 
board of engineers, and all bills before being paid shall be audited 
and approved, subject to provisions of this ordinance and the city 
charter. 

Sec. 14. Every applicant for a license who fails to pass the ex- 
amination of the board is required to wait four (4) weeks before 
again making application for a license, and the board shall then give 



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him another examination ; any applicant failing to pass the examina- 
tion after the third trial shall not be permitted to again appear before 
said board for six months. Every engineer licensed by the board, 
and every engineer whose license is vised by the board, is re- 
quired to notify the boiler inspector when he accepts employment 
and within three (3) days thereafter the name of his employer and 
the location of the boilers in his charge; and every engineer who 
shall neglect or refuse to comply with this rule shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof shall 
pay a fine of not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than ten 
($10) dollars. Every engineer licensed by the board, or whose license 
is vised by the board, shall semi-annually report to the boiler inspec- 
tor during the first three days of the months of January and July 
the condition of the boilers, pumps and connections under his charge ; 
and any licensed engineer who shall fail or neglect to comply with 
this rule shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction 
thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than five ($5) dollars nor more 
than ten ($10) dollars. An application for a renewal of a license 
shall be made not later than the first regular meeting of the board 
next following the expiration of the license, and unless the above 
provision is complied with the board may, at its discretion, order a 
new examination. Any steam user failing to place or put in a con- 
spicuous place in engine room or boiler house the boiler inspector's 
certificate shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con- 
viction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars 
($25) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). Any person who 
violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, shall 
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, when no 
other fine or punishment is fixed in this chapter, be fined in the sum 
of not less than five ($5) dollars nor more than fifty dollars ($50) 
for each offense. The city comptroller shall immediately after the 
passage of this ordinance, procure ten hundred copies, to be printed 
for gratuitous distribution among steam users and engineers. 

Sec. 15. The salary herein provided to be paid to the boiler 
inspector, and also the salaries of the board of engineers, shall be 
each paid out of the funds collected for the inspection of boilers, and 
for licenses issued to engineers, as in this ordinance provided, and 
in no case or event shall the city be liable for such salary or salaries, 
or any part thereof, except so far as the money paid into the city 
treasury under this ordinance shall be sufficient to pay said salaries 
herein provided to be paid. 



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Sec. 16. Ordinance 25,282, and all ordinances and parts of ordin- 
ances in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. 
Approved April 15, 1887. 

Sec. 937. The Secretary of said board shall keep a register of the 
names of all applicants for license, designating those found qualified 
and those not qualified. Each applicant for license who shall have 
successfully passed an examination before said board and shall be 
found to have the capacity, skill, experience and habits of sobriety, 
requisite to perform the duties of an engineer shall receive a license 
from said board for the term of one year; provided that no such 
license shall be issued until the applicant therefor shall produce and 
present to said board a receipt from the city treasurer, for the sum 
of five dollars, which amount shall be the fee for each and every 
license excepting renewals thereof as hereinafter provided, and 
it is hereby made the duty of the city treasurer to receive and receipt 
for all sums of money to him paid as in this chapter provided, said 
receipt shall state the amount, by whom and for what paid, whether 
for original or renewed license or for certificate of inspection. Re- 
newal of license will be granted to applicants upon payment of two 
dollars and fifty cents, if renewed on or before the next regular 
meeting of the board of engineers after its expiration, said regular 
meeting to take place on the first Tuesday of each month. Said board 
of engineers shall examine all engineer's licenses presented by the 
owner thereof granted him by the United States laws, which shall 
have the same effect as licenses granted by the board ; and the engin- 
eers whose licenses are examined by the board shall be subject to the 
provisions of this chapter. All certificates of license shall be signed 
by not less than two and may be signed by all the members of 
the board. The board of engineers may adopt such rules, and 
regulations as they shall deem proper, not inconsistent with this 
ordinance and the general law. 

Sec 3. That Section 947 of the said ordinance be and the same 
is hereby amended to read as follows : 

"Sec. 947. The city auditor shall issue to the city comptroller 
certificates of inspection of steam boilers, and licenses for engineers, 
regularly numbered and duly signed by each of said officers, in 
denominations proper to meet the requirements of this chapter, but 
blank as to the owner's, user's, or applicant's name, date, pressure, 
locality, number of boiler, original or renewal of license or other 
description, as the case may be. The city comptroller shall issue 



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each certificate of inspection and license to the water inspector and 
charge them to him, each one to be accounted for by him. The fee 
for inspection of boilers shall be as follows : For every boiler five 
dollars whether set single or in sets ; where sets of boilers are set one 
over another only those immediatetly over the fire-bed shall be 
counted. Said fees shall be paid as hereinbefore provided." 

Sec. 5. That Section 949 of said ordinance be and the same is 
hereby amended to read as follows : 

"Sec. 949. The boiler inspector shall make monthly returns to 
the city comptroller of all licenses and certificates of inspection issued, 
giving the names of persons to whom licenses have been issued, with 
the number of the license, and also the names of all owners or users 
of boilers to whom certificates of inspection have been issued with the 
number thereof." 

"Sec. 951. The boiler inspector shall receive a salary of eighteen 
hundred dollars per annum, subject always to the provisions of this 
chapter, which shall be in full for all services rendered by him; he 
shall give bond to Kansas City in the penal sum of three thousand 
dollars, with two or more securities, to be approved by the city comp- 
troller, conditioned for the faithful, skillful and impartial perform- 
ance of the duties of his office." 

LINCOLN, NEB. 

Section i. It shall be the duty of the Mayor of said City of 
Lincoln, Neb., by and with the consent of a majority of the members 
elect of the Council of said city, to appoint three persons who shall 
constitute a Board of Engineers. Said appointment shall be made 
as soon as practicable after this ordinance takes effect, and the 
persons so appointed shall hold their office until the next general city 
election in the spring of 1893 and until their successors in office are 
appointed and qualified. As soon as practicable, after the city election 
in the spring of 1893, the Mayor shall appoint three persons to con- 
stitute such Board of Engineers, who shall hold their offices for a 
period of one, two and three years, respectively, and until their 
successors in office are appointed and qualified, and thereafter it 
shall be the duty of the Mayor, immediately after the spring election 
in each year, to appoint one person as a member of said Board of 
Engineers, who shall hold his office for a term of three years and 
until his successor is appointed and qualified. 

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of Engineers shall be a competent and practical stationary steam 
engineer, having had at least five years' experience in the business 
and holding a first-class certificate in full force and effect issued by 
some authorized Board of Engineers of any city in the State of 
Nebraska. 

Sec. 3. As soon as practicable after their appointment and 
qualification as hereinafter provided and within ten days from the 
date of their appointment, it shall be the duty of such members of 
said Board of Engineers to meet and organize themselves by electing 
one member as chairman, one member as secretary and one member 
as treasurer, and he shall pay over and account to the city treasurer, 
and they shall also provide for regular sessions of said board, which 
shall occur at least once in each month. 

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the chairman of such board to 
preside at their meetings, and he shall sign all certificates issued to 
persons under this ordinance ; he shall also examine all boilers as 
hereinafter provided, and shall perform all such other duties as 
may be incident -to his position under this ordinance. It shall be the 
duty of the secretary to keep a record of all the proceedings of the 
board and to keep a list of the names of all persons who have been 
examined for positions as engineers and of those who have received 
certificates from this board and also of such persons to whom cer- 
tificates have been refused by the board, and he shall countersign all 
certificates that may be issued. It shall be the duty of the treasurer 
to collect and receive the fee to be paid by the applicant for examina- 
tion, and he shall keep a record of all moneys received and disbursed 
by him and account monthly for the same to the city treasurer. He 
shall also collect and receive the fee, hereinafter provided for the 
inspection of boilers, to be paid by the owner of such boiler and shall 
pay the same to the person making the inspection. Provided, how- 
ever, that the officers of this board shall hold their respective offices 
in such board for the term of one year and until a new member has 
been appointed and qualified. And, provided, further, that the 
chairman shall have power to call a special meeting of the board 
when necessary, and that in the absence of either member of said 
board the remaining two members shall constitute a quorum and be 
authorized to transact business. 

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Board of Engineers upon the 
payment of three dollars by the applicant to examine persons 
touching their qualifications as engineers, who desire to act as engi- 



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neers and take charge of steam boilers. If the applicant passes a 
satisfactory examination, they shall grant and issue to him a certifi- 
cate of qualification. If the applicant fails to pass a satisfactory ex- 
amination, he shall not be allowed to apply again for a certificate for 
two months thereafter. All certificates granted shall be in force for 
one year from the date thereof and no longer, and any person holding 
a certificate from the board may have the same renewed at its expira- 
tion for a period of one year by the applicant for such renewal 
paying the sum of $2 ; provided, however, that the person applying 
for such renewal is entitled thereto, and such application for renewal 
is made on or before the last regular meeting of the board before 
the expiration of the applicant's certificate. And unless the above 
provision is complied with, the board may, at its discretion, order a 
new examination. 

Sec. 6. The board shall have the right to adopt such rules and 
regulations as they deem necessary and proper, not inconsistent with 
this ordinance. The full board by a unanimous vote shall have power 
and may revoke any engineer's certificate upon good cause being 
shown therefor. 

Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of each engineer holding a certificate 
from the board, or a certificate that has been vised by the board, 
to display the same in some prominent place near the boiler or 
boilers in his charge. The board may revoke any engineer's cer- 
tificate who shall fail or refuse to comply with this section. 

Sec. 8. The Chairman of the Board of Engineers shall in person 
or by deputy, carefully inspect and test every stationary steam boiler 
and steam generating apparatus used under pressure located in the 
City of Lincoln, at least once annually. He shall keep a complete 
and accurate record of the names of all owners or users of steam 
boilers, giving a full description of the boilers inspected by him and 
the amount of pressure allowed, and the date when last inspected, 
and the owner or user of such boiler shall pay the sum of three 
dollars for each inspection. If after inspection the inspector shall 
find the boiler in a safe condition he shall issue to the owner or user 
of such boiler a certificate of inspection, but not until after the fee 
for such inspection has been collected. Any owner or user of any 
stationary steam boiler or boilers failing or refusing to have the 
same inspected, as provided in this section, shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not 
more than one hundred dollars. If any owner or user of a steam 



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boiler or boilers, or any engineer in charge of the same, shall carry 
a greater pressure than is allowed in the certificate of inspection, 
granted by the inspector, they, or either of them, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined 
not less than ten (10) dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, 
and in case of an engineer, his certificate shall be revoked. Or if 
such owners or users shall use any boiler that has been condemned 
as unsafe by the boiler inspector, they shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not 
less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. Provided, 
that any boiler which is kept insured in any reputable and legitimate 
insurance company requiring inspection, or boilers that are used for 
heating private dwelling houses only, shall be exempt from the in- 
spection as provided in this ordinance. And it shall be the duty of 
any boiler inspector for any insurance company immediately after 
each boiler inspected by him to report in writing to the Board of 
Engineers, giving the name of the owner or user, the location and 
condition of each and every boiler inspected by such inspector. 
The penalty for the failure or refusal of any inspector to report 
as above shall be a fine of $10 for each boiler not so reported. 

Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of every person holding a certificate 
from this board to make a semi-annual report to the board, during 
the months of January and July of each year, of the condition of 
every boiler, pumps and connections under his charge, and a failure 
to do so shall be deemed under this ordinance a sufficient cause for 
the board to revoke the certificate held by the person thus failing to 
make such report. 

Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause 
to be operated any stationary steam boiler used to furnish steam for 
any purpose other than heating a private dwelling house unless 
there be in charge of such boiler an experienced person having a 
certificate from the Board of Engineers, or a certificate that has been 
vised by the board, and any person or persons found in charge of a 
boiler not having a certificate from the Board of Engineers, or a 
certificate that has been vised by the board shall be deemed guilty of 
a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum 
not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each oflfense. 
Provided, however, that any owner or user of any boiler in use 
which shall for any cause be deprived of the service of a person 
holding such certificate may procure an experienced and careful 



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person to take charge of such boiler for a period not to exceed ten 
days. Provided, further, that this does not apply to railway engineers 
running stationary engines in the employ of railway companies. 

Sec. ii. Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with the 
provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and, upon conviction thereof, where no other fine is fixed, be fined in 
a sum not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each 
offense. 

Sec. 12. Each member of the board shall receive a salary of 
twenty-five dollars per annum. They shall each give bond to the 
City of Lincoln, Nebraska, in the sum of three hundred dollars, 
conditioned that they will faithfully and impartially discharge the 
duties of their office, and that they will fully account for and pay 
into the city treasury once in each month all moneys received by 
them under this ordinance. 

Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to furnish the 
board with all necessary blanks and stationery. It shall be the duty 
of the secretary of the board to make a monthly report to the City 
Council, stating therein the nature and date of all boiler explosions 
and names of all persons receiving an engineer's certificate during the 
current month, and of the persons to whom certificates have been 
refused, and of all such other proceedings of the board as the Council 
may direct. All moneys received under this ordinance shall be applied 
first towards the payment of all expenses and outlays created by this 
ordinance, and second, the balance, if any, shall be paid into the 
general fund of the city by the city treasurer. 

A RESOLUTION. 

Be it resolved by the Board of Engineers of the city of Lincoln, 
Nebraska : 

First. That any applicant for an engineer's certificate who shall, 
upon examination, satisfy the Board that he is qualified to take 
charge of and run any steam plant, the Board shall grant and issue 
to him a First Grade certificate. 

Second. That any applicant for an engineer's certificate who shall, 
upon examination, satisfy the board that he is qualified to take charge 
of and run any steam plant up to seventy-five horse power only, the 
Board shall issue to him a Second Grade certificate. 

Third. That any applicant who shall satisfy the Board, upon 
examination, that he is qualified to take charge of and run any steam 



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plant up to twenty-five horse-power only, the Board shall issue to him 
a Third Grade certificate. 

Fourth. That any such applicant, who, upon examination shall 
satisfy the Board that he is only qualified to take charge and run 
low pressure boilers for heating purposes that carry a pressure not 
to exceed fifteen pounds of steam per square inch, the Board shall 
grant and issue to him a certificate specified Low Pressure. 

LOS ANGELES, CAL. 

ORDINANCE NO. 4102. 

(New Series) 
As Amended by Ordinances No. 4602, 5168, 5652, 6176, and 12,297. 

An ordinance providing for the inspection of steam boilers and 
elevators, and for the appointment of inspectors of steam boilers 
and eleyators and also to provide for the appointment of a board 
of engineers in the city of Los Angeles, and the licensing of engineers 
in charge of steam boilers and of persons operating passenger ele- 
vators in the city of Los Angeles. The Mayor and Council of the 
city of Los Angeles do ordain as follows : 

Section i. (Appointment of Boiler Ins. and Asst.) That the 
City Council of the City of Los Angeles, on the taking effect of 
this Ordinance, shall appoint a Boiler Inspector, and an Assistant 
Boiler Inspector ; each of whom shall be a person of approved char- 
acter and habits and who shall have had at least ten years' exper- 
ience as engineer or boiler maker and competent to examine elevators. 
Said Boiler Inspector shall receive a salary of $145.00 a month and 
assistant Boiler Inspector shall receive a salary of $110.00 payable 
out of the boiler inspection fund of said city. 

Sec 2. That Frank Rademacher, J. F. Connell and J. H. Maguire 
are hereby appointed and constituted a Board of Engineers, whose 
duty it shall be to examine all applicants for engineer's license also 
to examine applicants for elevator operator's license as hereinafter 
provided. Said Board shall hold one meeting on the first and third 
Wednesday in each month for the purpose of examining applicants 
for engineer's license, and shall hold one meeting on second and 
fourth Tuesday of each month for the purpose of examining 
applicants for elevator license. And shall hold as many special 
meetings in each month as their business may require. The members 
of said Board shall hold office at the pleasure of the City Council. 



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And shall receive such compensation for their services as is herein- 
after provided. 

Sec. 4. (Duties of Board of Engineers.) The Inspector and 
Board of Engineers shall be provided with all needed blanks and 
stationery necessary for their official duties, and said Inspector shall 
keep minutes of the proceeding of said Board and he shall act as 
secretary thereof. The chairman of the Board of Engineers shall 
have power to call a special session of the Board, whenever necessary. 
A majority of the members of said Board shall constitute a quorum 
for the transaction of business. And the said Board shall make a 
careful and thorough examination as to the qualifications of all 
applicants for engineer's license. The secretary shall keep a register 
of names of all applicants, designating those found qualified, and 
those not qualified. Said Board shall grant certificates of license to 
all persons found qualified and shall charge and collect from each 
applicant for chief or first-class license the sum of $5.00, and from 
each applicant for second-class or third-class license the sum of three 
dollars, all sums so collected to be deposited each day with the City 
Treasurer to the credit of the City Boiler Inspection fund of the 
city of Los Angeles. Such license shall be good for the term of one 
year, unless otherwise revoked and shall be signed by not less than 
two members of said Board. The Board of Engineers may adopt 
such rules and regulations as they shall deem proper, not inconsistent 
with the provisions of this Ordinance and the general law. A full 
Board of Engineers, by a unanimous vote, shall have power to revoke 
an engineer's license for inebriety, dishonesty or neglect of his 
duties, when in charge of an engine in use, and may order the re- 
inspection of any boiler whenever they shall deem it necessary for 
the public safety, but no license shall be permanently revoked without 
first giving the accused party a chance to be heard in his own defence. 

Sec. 5. Any owner or user of a steam boiler feeling aggrieved on 
account of any decision of the Boiler Inspector may appeal to the 
Board of Engineers and upon a thorough and careful investigation 
of the matter at issue between the parties, a majority of the Board 
shall decide the question, which decision shall be final in all cases. 

Sec 6. In case any owner or user of any boiler shall for any 
cause, be deprived of the services of a licensed engineer, he must 
notify the Boiler Inspector at once and may place an experienced 
person in charge for a time not beyond the date of the next regular 
meeting of the Board of Engineers. Where boilers are used and 



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engines run night and day, the owner or user of same, must employ 
at least two licensed engineers, who shall stand watch alternately. 
Every owner or user of any boiler or boilers or steam generating 
apparatus of over five horsepower, when the same are in use must 
employ a competent engineer, having an unexpired certificate of 
license, from the Board of Engineers, and no such owner or user 
shall employ any other person to operate or use the same, than such a 
competent engineer, having an unexpired license as aforesaid. No 
person shall use or operate any steam boiler or steam generating 
apparatus in the city of Los Angeles without obtaining a certificate 
of license as herein provided for. 

Sec. 7. Every applicant for a license who fails to pass the exam- 
ination of the Board, shall be required to wait for four weeks before 
making another application, and thereupon the Board shall give him 
another examination. Any applicant who fails to pass after the 
third trial shall not be permitted to again appear before said Board 
for six months. Every engineer licensed by the Board and every 
engineer whose license is vised by the Board shall notify the Boiler 
Inspector of any employment which he may enter into as such en- 
gineer, and within three days thereafter the name of his employer 
and the location of the boiler or other apparatus in his charge. Every 
engineer licensed by the Board or whose license is vised by the 
Board shall semi-annually report to the Boiler Inspector during the 
first three days of the months of January and July of each year, 
the condition of the boiler or other apparatus and their connections 
under or in his charge. An application for the renewal of a license 
shall be made not later than the first regular meeting of the Board, 
next following the expiration of the license, and unless the foregoing 
provision is complied with the Board may, at its discretion, order a 
new examination. All licenses granted to applicants as hereinbefore 
provided and all renewals of the same, shall be good for one year 
from the time of said granting or renewal, unless sooner revoked. 
The Board of Engineers shall have the power and it shall be their 
duty to revoke the license or renewal of a license theretofore granted 
to any person holding" or receiving the same who fails, neglects or 
refuses to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance or the 
duties imposed thereby. It shall be the duty of the Board of En- 
gineers to collect from every applicant for the renewal of an 
engineer's license the sum of $1.00 for renewal of same and said fees 
shall be paid by the Boiler Inspector as Secretary of said Board, to 



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the City Treasurer of said city. Every engineer or other person 
required by said ordinance to have a certificate of license from the 
Board of Engineers, shall keep the same posted in a conspicuous 
place at or near the engine boiler or steam generating apparatus or 
other apparatus of which he is in charge. 

Sec. ii. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of 
this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One 
Hundred Dollars, or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period 
not exceeding one hundred days, or by both such fine and imprison- 
ment. 

Sec. 14. Any person, firm or corporation, failing, neglecting or 
refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance or 
failing to do or perform any of the duties or acts imposed hereby, 
or herein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 
thereof, shall be fined in a sum of not to exceed two hundred dollars 
or shall be imprisoned in the City Jail of said city for a term not 
exceeding six months, or may suffer both fine and imprisonment. 

MEMPHIS, TENN. 

Section i. Be it ordained by the Legislative Council, That a 
Board of Examiners is hereby created to examine and license 
engineers having charge of or operating boilers and steam engines 
in the City of Memphis. Said Board of Examiners shall consist of 
the Boiler Inspector and four practical steam engineers who are 
citizens of Memphis, who have had not less than six years' practical 
experience in operating steam boilers and steam machinery. The 
members of the Board of Examiners shall be appointed by the 
Legislative Council, and shall hold office for the term of two years, 
or until their successors are appointed and qualified, unless sooner 
removed for cause. The members of the Board of Examiners must 
be residents of the City of Memphis, and they vacate their office 
when they move outside of the city limits. In case of a vacancy 
by removing from the city, or by death, resignation or removal for 
cause, such vacancy shall be filled as originally, for the unexpired 
term. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the duties of the Board of 
Examiners shall be to practically examine into the qualifications of 
the applicants for license to act as engineers of steam plants. One 
of the members shall act as secretary, and shall keep the minutes of 



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the proceedings of each meeting of the Board and shall handle and 
have charge of all moneys paid to the Board, and shall give bond in 
the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars for the faithful perform- 
ance of his duties. The Legislative Council shall have power to 
remove any member of the Board for drunkenness, incompetency 
or gross neglect of duty ; Provided, that in no case shall the secretary 
be released from his bond until his books have been examined, his 
accounts found correct, and all moneys, books and papers in his 
possession have been turned over to the Board, or to his successor. 
The Legislative Council shall furnish suitable quarters for the Board 
of Examiners. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the Board of Examiners shall 
hold at least two sessions each month, on the first and third Mondays 
thereof, in the City of Memphis, for the purpose of receiving and 
acting on applications for license, and a majority of the Board shall 
constitute a quorum to do business. And the Board shall hold such 
additional sessions as may be necessary to promptly dispose of the 
applications for license pending before them. 

The secretary shall keep a register of the names of all applicants, 
designate those found qualified and those found not qualified. Said 
Board shall grant certificates of license for one year from date 
thereof to applicants who, upon examination, shall have the skill, 
experience and habits of sobriety requisite to perform the duties of 
an engineer. Licenses shall be renewed without examination upon 
payment of the required fee. All certificates of license shall be 
signed by at least three members of the Board, and the entire Board 
only shall have the power to revoke the license of any engineer for 
insobriety or gross neglect of duties when in charge of a steam plant 
in use; but no license shall be revoked for cause without first giving 
the accused party an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. 
And every engineer who shall receive a license shall, when employed 
about any steam plant, place his certificate of license, which must 
be framed under glass, in a conspicuous place about the boiler or 
engine room at which he is employed, where it can be seen at all 
times, and a failure to comply with this provision by an engineer 
shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon conviction he shall be 
fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $25.00, and for the second 
offense his license shall be revoked. No engineer shall be fined or 
have his license revoked without first giving the accused party an 
opportunity to be heard in his own defense. 



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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That this ordinance shall apply- 
to all engineers having charge of or operating plants requiring a 
license within the city. Every applicant for license must not be less 
than 21 years of age, and must be a citizen of the United States, 
or have declared his intention to become such, and the application 
must be made on a blank furnished by the Board for such purpose. 
Said applicant must have at least three years' experience at mechan- 
ical or steam engineering, and must state his experience on the blank. 
All applications must be signed by two citizens of the United States, 
one of whom must be an engineer or steam user, and both of whom 
must make affidavit before an officer qualified to administer an oath 
that the statements set forth in such applications are true. When 
an applicant has appeared before the Board of Examiners for 
examination for three meetings and has not passed the examination, 
he shall be considered to have failed, and shall not be eligible to 
stand another examination until a period of sixty days has passed 
from the time of his last appearance before the Board. All appli- 
cants for license who, upon examination, shall be found qualified 
as an engineer shall be granted a license to operate boilers and 
engines in the City of Memphis. 

Sec. 5. Licenses shall be graded as follows : First, second and third 
grade. First grade license shall entitle its rightful holder to operate 
or have charge of steam plants of unlimited capacity as to horse- 
power of boilers. Second grade license shall entitle its rightful 
holder to assist a first grade license engineer in any steam plant 
where such services are required, under the instructions of first 
grade engineer in charge of steam plant, or may have charge of and 
operate steam plants limited to 75-horse power of boilers. Third 
grade license shall entitle its rightful holder to assist first or second 
grade engineers where such services are required, under intructions 
of engineer in charge of steam plant, or he may have charge of 
or operate steam plants limited to 25 horse power of boiler. For 
the purpose of this ordinance boilers shall be computed on a basis 
of 15 square feet of heating surface per horse power. 

Sec 6. The fee for each license or yearly renewal shall be two 
($2.00) dollars, to be used to defray the expenses of the Board. 
The receipt for said fee shall be indorsed upon the certificate of 
license, but no certificate shall be valid until such fee has been paid. 
Any surplus of funds accumulating after the expenses of the 
Board have been paid shall, at the expiration of every twelve months, 



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be turned into the general fund of the city. The Board shall make 
such rules and regulations for its government as its members may 
deem proper, not inconsistent with this ordinance. Each member 
of the Board shall receive the sum of one ($1.00) dollar, except the 
secretary, who shall receive the sum of two ($2.00) dollars, for 
attendance at each meeting of the Board, and then only when such 
meeting is for the purpose of examing applicants for license. The 
above to be paid out of the expense funds of the Board : Provided, 
that when a member is absent from any meeting he shall forfeit his 
pay for such meeting. 

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this ordin- 
ance shall apply to all steam plants or boilers operated within the 
city limits, except locomotive boilers used on railroads. Every owner 
or user of any boiler or boilers or steam generating apparatus shall, 
when said boilers or apparatus are in use, employ at least one 
licensed engineer, of the grade required, to operate said boilers or 
apparatus, as provided in section 5 of this ordinance: Provided, 
however, if any owner or user of any boiler or boilers or steam 
generating apparatus is deprived of the services of the licensed 
engineer or engineers employed by him, by death, resignation, or 
any other cause over which he has no control, such owner or user 
shall have not more than thirty days within which to secure the 
services of a licensed engineer, and during such period he may run 
his plant with an unlicensed engineer, and provided further, that 
every owner or user of any boiler, boilers or steam generating 
apparatus shall have not more than thirty days after the 
organization of said Board of Examiners within which to secure 
the services of a licensed engineer, and during such period 
he may likewise run his plant with an unlicensed engineer. Any 
violation of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable 
by a fine of not less than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars nor more than 
fifty ($50.00) dollars. Any person found in charge of or running 
without a license any steam plant, in violation of the terms of this 
section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 
thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five ($25.00) dollars nor 
more than fifty ($50.00) dollars. 

Sec. 8. No person shall receive license who is not able to deter- 
mine the weight necessary to be placed on the lever of a safety 
valve (the diameter of valve, length of lever, distance from center 
of valve to fulcrum, weight of lever and weight of valve and stem 



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being known) to withstand any given pressure of steam in boiler. 
And must be able to figure and determine the strain brougnt on the 
braces of a boiler with a given pressure of steam, the position and 
distance apart being known. And must be able to figure and deter- 
mine the safe working pressure of a boiler, such knowledge to be 
determined by an examination in writing. And no license shall be 
granted to any engineer who does not possess the above qualifica- 
tions, except third grade. No license shall be granted to any 
engineer who cannot read and write and does not understand the 
plain rules of arithmetic. 

Sec. 9. The examination questions asked an applicant for license 
shall be such practical questions as are met with in actual engine 
and boiler-room experience, and a correct answer of 80 per cent, 
of such questions shall qualify the applicant to receive his license. 

Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the 
chief of police to see that this ordinance is strictly enforced, and it 
shall be the duty of any citizen who may have knowledge of the 
violation of this act to report the same to the proper officer. 

MOBILE, ALA. 

Section i. Be it ordained by the mayor and general council of 
the city of Mobile that there is hereby created a board to be 
known as the Board of Examiners of Engineers. Said board shall 
consist of three practical engineers having not less than five years' 
experience in the management of stationary engines and boilers, and 
who shall at the time of their election and during their incumbency 
in office be actively engaged in the calling or profession of a station- 
ary engineer. Members of said board shall in the first instance be 
elected by the general council as soon as practicable after the passage 
of this ordinance, and their terms of office shall expire with the 
expiration of the terms of office of the general council. Thereafter 
each succeeding general council shall, as soon as practicable after 
its election and qualification, elect three members of said board. 
Said board shall meet at least twice each month, and as much oftener 
as may be found necessary for the proper dispatch of business. The 
members of said board shall serve without compensation. 

Sec 2. Be it further ordained that no person shall be entrusted 
with or have or exercise charge or management of any steam boiler 
having more than two hundred square feet of heating surface or 
carrying a pressure greater than twenty pounds per square inch 



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until said person has been duly examined by said board touching 
his qualifications for the management and handling of steam 
boilers, feed pumps and injectors. But this provision shall not 
prevent any person now in charge of a boiler from continuing in 
charge thereof pending said examination, provided said person 
makes prompt application to said board for examination and stands 
said examination at the time appointed by said board on his applica- 
tion for examination, or at such time as he may be called before 
said board for examination. Whenever any person makes applica- 
tion therefor to said board or is called before said board for examina- 
tion he shall be carefully and thoroughly examined touching his 
competence to manage and handle steam boilers, feed pumps and 
injectors. If said board shall find said applicant competent therefor 
it shall thereupon issue to him a license certificate in form substan- 
tially as hereinafter shown. Said license certificate shall be a 
license to the holder thereof to manage and handle steam boilers, 
feed pumps and injectors for one year from its date, and a new 
license may be issued to said holder at the expiration of each year 
thereafter without further examination so long as he shall continue 
in said business without abandoning said business for a greater 
period than one year at a time. Should he abandon said business 
for a greater period than one year said license certificate shall 
become null and void, and it shall be necessary for said person to be 
re-examined by said board and obtain a new license certificate before 
undertaking to manage and handle steam boilers, feed pumps and 
injectors. 

Sec. 3. Be it further ordained that said board shall have authority 
to revoke the license certificate of any engineer theretofore licensed 
by said board for neglect of duty endangering life or property; or 
for habitual drunkenness ; or for being addicted to use of of cocaine 
or other narcotic drugs ; or for being under the influence of liquor 
or cocaine or other narcotic drugs while on duty; or for failing to 
report to said board the condition of the boiler or boilers under 
his charge during the months of January and June of each year ; or 
for failing when a boiler under his charge has become dangerous 
to report said fact to said board ; or for deceiving or misleading the 
boiler inspector for the purpose of concealing defects in a boiler 
under his charge ; or for violating any law of the state of Alabama 
or ordinance of the city of Mobile in reference to the management 
and control of steam boilers. Immediately upon the election of 



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said board said board shall elect an inspector of boilers and elevators 
whose election shall be confirmed by the general council and whose 
term of office shall expire at the same time as the terms of office of 
the then members of said board, and so on. Said inspector shall be 
a thoroughly competent stationary engineer, not less than twenty-five 
years of age, and having not less than five years' active experience 
in the management and control of steam boilers, feed pumps and 
injectors, and shall be a man not addicted to drunkenness or the 
use of cocaine or other narcotic drugs. Said inspector may be 
removed from office by said board or by the general council for 
incompetence or dereliction of duty at any time, and a successor 
elected to serve out his unexpired term. 

Sec. 6. Be it further ordained that each plant coming within the 
purview of this ordinance shall employ at least one competent en- 
gineer who shall have a license certificate from said board. 

Sec. 8. Be it further ordained that each engineer entrusted with 
or having charge or management of a boiler coming within the 
purview of this ordinance, and each person entrusted with or 
having charge or management of an elevator coming within the pur- 
view of this ordinance, shall prepare and mail to the said inspector 
during the first week in January and the first week in July of each 
year a written report as to the condition of the boilers or elevators 
under his charge. And all engineers on being entrusted with or 
taking charge or management of such boilers, and all persons on 
being entrusted with or taking charge or management of such 
elevators shall within ten days thereafter report to said inspector the 
condition of said boilers or elevators, even though the same were 
reported on during the preceding January or July. All reports 
required by this section shall give full detailed and' accurate infor- 
mation, and shall be made on blank forms to be prepared by said 
board and to be had by application to said inspector. 

Sec. 12. Be it further ordained, that for each original license 
certificate issued by said board the party licensed thereby shall, 
before receiving said license certificate, pay said board the sum of 
two dollars ; and for each renewal of a license the party to whom said 
renewal certificate is issued shall, before receiving said renewal 
certificate, pay said board the sum of one dollar. The fees thus 
collected by said board shall be by said board paid over to the city 
clerk within ten days after the same are collected by said board. 

Sec i6. Be it further ordained, that the license certificates and 



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certificates of inspection hereinbefore provided for shall be issued 
from well bound stub books in which the stub is a substantial du- 
plicate of the certificate issued; and in each instance the stub shall 
be carefully filled up in exact accordance with the contents of the 
certificate before the certificate is torn out. 

Sec. 17. Be it further ordained, that all reasonable expenses 
incurred by said board or by said inspector in the discharge of their 
duties shall be reported to the mayor and general council and appro- 
priations made therefor as in the case of other expenses of the city 
government. 

Sec. 18. Be it further ordained that each engineer to whom a 
license certificate is issued as hereinbefore provided shall have the 
same carefully framed and keep it in a conspicuous place in the en- 
gine room or boiler room under his charge. The owner of a boiler or 
boilers to whom a certificate of inspection is issued as hereinbefore 
provided shall have the same carefully framed and keep it in a 
conspicuous place in the boiler room in which the boiler or boilers 
to which said certificates applies are located. The owner of an 
elevator to whom a certificate of inspection is issued as herein- 
before provided shall have the same carefully framed and keep it 
in a conspicuous place in the car of the elevator to which said cer- 
tificate applies. 

Sec. 19. r>e it further ordained, that any person, firm or corpora- 
tion violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined 
for each violation a sum not exceeding fifty dollars. Where the 
violation is of a continuing kind each day during which the violation 
continues shall be considered a separate ofTense, and a separate fine 
may be imposed for each such day. 

NEW HAVhN, CONN. 

Section i. No person shall be the engineer of, or shall have 
charge of or operate any steam boiler or steam engine, in the City 
of New Haven, for a period exceeding one week, who shall not 
have a license certificate authorizing him to have charge of, or ope- 
rate, such engine or boiler, from the Board of Examiners herein- 
after constituted. 

Sec 2. The Mayor shall, within sixty days after passage of 
this ordinance, appoint a Board of Examiners, which shall consist of 
three members, one of whom, at least, shall be an engineer who has 
had ten years experience in the operation of steam boilers, or steam 



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engines, who shall hold office for a period of two years, or until their 
successors are appointed, and shall grant the license hereinafter 
provided for, and serve without pay. 

Sec. 3. Before any person shall be employed as an engineer of 
any such steam boiler or engine, or shall have charge of or operate 
any such boiler or engine, he shall make a written application to said 
Board of Examiners for the license hereinbefore mentioned, and 
shall specify in such application the particular engine, boiler, or plant 
which he .desires to operate or have charge of, which application 
shall be accompanied by references as to his character and ability, 
and the filing of such reference with such said Board shall be con- 
sidered as a compliance with the provisions of this ordinance, for 
thirty days thereafter, or until his said application shall have been 
passed upon by said Board, and said applicant, after the filing of said 
references, shall have the right to operate and have charge of any 
such engine, boiler, or plant, until his application shall have been 
passed upon by said Board. 

Sec. 4. Every person who shall satisfy said Board of Examiners 
that he is a safe and competent person to operate and have charge 
of the steam plant, boiler or engine specified in his application, shall 
on payment of One ($1.00) Dollar, receive a license permitting him 
to operate the same for one year, unless sooner revoked. Said li- 
cense shall apply only to the plant, boiler or engine for which it 
is issued; and before taking charge of another plant, the licensee 
shall apply for another license for such other plant, for which other 
license, if the application be made within a year, no charge shall be 
made. For annual renewals of such licenses, a fee of One ($1.00) 
Dollar shall be paid. For the renewals above mentioned, no addi- 
tional hearing shall be required, unless in the judgment of said 
Board it shall be necessary. Said licenses must be framed and hung 
in a conspicuous place in the plant, or upon or near the engine for 
which it is issued. 

Sec. 5. Said Board may at any time revoke any license issued, 
on account of inebriety, incompetency, or negligence of the holder of 
any license, or for any other good cause, and no license shall be 
issued to any licensee whose license shall have been revoked, during 
the next six months ensuing, after which time the license revoked 
may be renewed, if, in the judgment of the Board the cause of its 
revocation no longer exists. 

Sec 6. If said Board shall refuse to grant to any applicant a li- 



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cense, no license shall be issued to him for the next six months fol- 
lowing the refusal of his application, but after said period said ap- 
plicant may make another application, and if found qualified, may be 
granted a license. 

Sec. 7. Whenever said Board shall refuse to grant any appli- 
cation, or shall revoke any license they shall give immediate notice of 
such refusal, or revocation, to the applicant or licensee, and such 
applicant or licensee may appeal from the decision of such Board to 
the Mayor, in which case said applicant or licensee shall file his 
appeal with the Mayor within ten days after receiving notice of the 
decision of said Board, and the Mayor may confirm or reverse the 
decision of said Board, and issue such license. 

Sec. 8. Any person found guilty of any violation of the pro- 
visions of this ordinance, except Section 10 thereof, shall be fined 
not more than Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars, nor less than Ten 
($10.00) Dollars. 

Sec. 9. This ordinance shall not apply to Railway locomotives, 
nor engineers employed thereon, nor to steam vessels coming under 
the jurisdiction of the United States Board of Supervising Inspect- 
ors, when employed upon the vessels to which said license applies. 
Nor shall it apply to boilers in private residences or buildings for 
heating purposes, unless in the opinion of said Board, such boiler is 
so equipped and run as to endanger public safety unless operated 
by a licensed engineer. 

Sec 10. Any engineer in charge of any steam engine, who shall 
abandon it while in operation, without leaving a person in charge 
of the same, who shall, in the opinion of the employer of said engi- 
neer, or of the owner of such engine, be competent to take charge 
of the same, shall be fined not more than Ten ($10.00) Dollars. 

NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. 

Sec. 312. The board of police shall preserve in proper form a 
correct record of all inspections of steam boilers made under its 
direction, and of the amount of steam or pressure allowed in each 
case, and "in cases where any steam boiler or the apparatus or 
appliances connected therewith shall be deemed by the board, after 
inspection, to be insecure or dangerous, the board shall prescribe 
such changes and alterations as may render such boilers, appara- 
tus and appliances secure and devoid of danger. And in the mean- 
time, and until such changes and alterations are made, and such 



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appliances attached, such boiler, apparatus, and appliances may be 
taken under the control of the board of police, and all persons 
prevented from using the same, and in cases deemed necessary the 
appliances, apparatus, or attachments for the limitation of pres- 
sure may be taken under the control of the said board of police. 
And no owner, or agent of such owner, or lessee of any steam boiler 
to generate steam, shall employ any person as engineer or to operate 
such boiler unless such person shall first obtain a certificate as to 
qualification therefor from a board of practical engineers detailed 
as such by the police department, such certificate to be countersigned 
by the officer in command of the sanitary company of the police de- 
partment of the City of New York. In order to be qualified to be 
examined for and to receive such certificate of qualification as an 
engineer, a person must comply, to the satisfaction of said board, 
with the following requirements : 

i. He must be a citizen of the United States and over twenty-one 
years of age. 

2. He must, on his first application for examination, fill out in 
his own hand writing, a blank application to be prepared and sup- 
plied by the said board of examiners, and which shall contain the 
name, age and place of residence of the applicant, the place or places 
where employed and the nature of his employment for five years 
prior to the date of his application, and a statement that he is a citizen 
of the United States. The application shall be verified by him, and 
shall, after the verification, contain a certificate signed by three engi- 
neers, employed in New York City, and registered on the books 
of said board of examiners as engineers working at their trade, cer- 
tifying that the statements contained in such application are true. 
Such application shall be filed with said board. 

3. The following persons, who have first complied with the pro- 
visions of sub-divisions one and two of this section, and no other 
persons, may make application to be examined for a license to act 
as engineer. 

a. Any person who has been employed as a fireman, as an oiler, 
or as a general assistant under the instructions of a licensed engi- 
neer in any building or buildings in the City of New York, for a per- 
iod of not less than five years. 

(b. Any person who has served as a fireman, oiler or general as- 
sistant to the engineer on any steamship, steamboat, or any loco- 
motive engineer for a period of five years and shall have been em- 






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ployed for two years under a licensed engineer in a building in the 
City of New York.) 

b. Any person who has served as fireman, oiler or general as- 
sistant to the Engineer on any steamship or steamboat for a period 
of five years, and shall have been employed for two years under a 
licensed engineer in a building in New York City, or any person who 
has served as a marine or locomotive engineer or fireman to a loco- 
motive engineer for a period of five years and shall have been a resi- 
dent of the State of New York for a period of two years. 

c. Any person who has learned the trade of machinist, or boiler 
maker or steam fitter and worked at such trade for three years exclu- 
sive of time served as apprentice, or while learning such trade, and 
also any person who has graduated as a mechanical engineer from a 
duly established school of technology, after such person has had two 
years experience in the engineering department in any building or 
buildings in charge of a licensed engineer, in the City of New York. 

d. Any person who holds a certificate as engineer issued to him 
by any duly qualified board of examining engineers existing pursu- 
ant to law in any state or territory of the United States and who 
shall file with his application a copy of such certificate and an affida- 
vit that he is the identical person to whom said certificate was issued. 
If the board of examiners of engineers shall determine that the 
applicant has complied with the requirements of this section he 
shall be examined as to his qualifications to take charge and operate 
steam boilers and steam engines in the City of New York, and if 
found qualified said board shall issue to him a certificate of third 
class. After the applicant has worked for a period of two years 
under his certificate of the third class, he may be again examined 
by said board for a certificate of the second class, and if found worthy 
the said board may issue to him such certificate of the second class, 
and after he has worked for a period of one year under said certi- 
ficate of the second class, he may be examined for a certificate of the 
first class, and when it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction oi 
said board of examiners that the applicant for either of said grades 
lacks mechanical skill, is a person of bad habits, or is addicted to the 
use of intoxicating beverages, he shall not be entitled to receive such 
grade of license and shall not be re-examined for the same until after 
the expiration of one year. Every owner or lessee, or the agent 
of the owner or lessee, of any steam boiler, steam generator, or steam 
engine aforesaid, and every person acting for such owner or agent 
is hereby forbidden to delegate or transfer to any person or persons 



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other than the licensed engineer the responsibility and liability of 
keeping and maintaining in good order and condition any such steam 
boiler, steam generator or steam engine, nor shall any such owner, 
lessee or agent enter into a contract for the operation or manage- 
ment of a steam boiler, steam generator, or steam engine, whereby 
said owner, lessee or agent, shall be relieved of the responsibility 
or liability for injury which may be caused to person or property by 
such steam boiler, steam generator or steam engine. Every engi- 
neer holding a certificate of qualification from said board of examin- 
ers shall be responsible to the owner, lessee or agent employing him 
for the good care, repair, good order and management of the steam 
boiler, steam generator or steam engine in charge of or run or oper- 
ated by such engineer. 

AN ACT TO LICENSE FIREMEN. 

Sec. i. It shall be unlawful for any fireman or firemen to oper- 
ate steam stationary boilers in the City of New York, unless the 
fireman or firemen operating such boiler or boilers are duly li- 
censed as hereinafter provided. Such fireman or firemen to be under 
the supervision and direction of a duly licensed engineer or engi- 
neers. 

Sec. 2. Should any boiler or boilers be found at any time oper- 
ated by any person who is not a duly licensed fireman or engineer as 
provided by this act, the owner or lessee thereof shall be notified, 
and if after one week from such notification the same boiler or boilers 
is again found to be operated by a person or persons not duly licensed 
under this act, it shall be deemed prima facie evidence of a violation 
of this act. 

Sec. 3. Any person desiring to act as a fireman . shall make ap- 
plication for a license to so act, to the steam boiler bureau of the 
police department as now exists for licensing engineers, who shall 
furnish to each applicant blank forms of application, which appli- 
cation when filled out shall be signed by a licensed engineer engaged 
in working as an engineer in the City of New York, who shall there- 
in certify that the applicant is of good character, and has been em- 
ployed as oiler, coal passer or general assistant under the instructions 
of a licensed engineer on a building or buildings in the City of New 
York, or on any steamboat, steamship or locomotive for a period of 
not less than two years. The applicant shall be given a practical exa- 
mination by the board of examiners detailed as such by the police 
commission and if found competent as to his ability to operate a 



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steam boiler or steam boilers as specified in Section 1 of this Act, 
shall receive within six days after such examination a license as pro- 
vided by this Act. Such license may be revoked or suspended at 
any time by the police commissioner upon the proof of deficiency. 
Every license issued under this Act shall continue in force for one 
year from the date of issue unless sooner revoked as above provided. 
Every license issued under this act unless revoked as herein pro- 
vided, shall at the end of one year from date of issue thereof, be re- 
newed by the board of examiners upon application and without 
further examination. Every application for renewal of license must 
be made within thirty days of the expiration of such license. 

With every license granted under this Act there shall be issued 
to every person obtaining such license a certificate, certified by the 
officers in charge of the boiler inspection bureau. Such certificate 
shall be placed in the boiler room of the plant operated by the holder 
of such license, so as to be easily read. 

Sec. 4. No person shall be eligible to procure a license under 
this Act unless the said person be a citizen of the United States. 

Sec. 5. All persons operating boilers in use upon locomotives 
or in government buildings, and those used for heating purposes 
carrying a pressure not exceeding ten pounds to the square inch, 
shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act. Such license will 
not permit any person, other than a duly licensed engineer to take 
charge of any boiler or boilers in the City of New York. 

NIAGARA FALLS. 

1. The Board of Examiners of Stationary Engineers shall have 
cognizance, direction and control of the inspection of steam engines 
and boilers used in said City, and of the examination and licensing 
of stationary engineers and persons who may act as firemen in charge 
of any boiler within said City, but such firemen will not be required 
to pass an examination, except as to the ordinary duties of a fireman. 
It shall be the duty of said Board to enforce the ordinance of said 
City, relating to the use and operation of steam engines, steam boilers 
and steam plants within the City, and the duties and qualifications 
of stationary engineers and firemen and to perform such other duties 
as may be required of said Board from time to time, by the Com- 
mon Council. 

2. The Board of Examiners of Stationary Engineers are hereby 
authorized to procure suitable blanks and stationery for the conduct 
of the affairs of said Board. The City Treasurer shall keep all mon- 



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eys paid to him on account of licenses issued by said Board in a 
separate fund, which shall be known as "The Stationary Engineers' 
Fund," and all disbursements for the supplies for the use of said 
Board of Examiners authorized by law or by ordinance shall be paid 
out of said fund. After the payment of all such lawful disburse- 
ments on account of said Board of Examiners, the balance of money 
remaining in said Stationary Engineers' Fund on the first day of 
February in each year shall be paid to the members of said Board of 
Examiners of Stationary Engineers, fifty per cent, thereof to the 
Chairman of said Board, and twenty-five per cent, thereof to each 
of the other members of said Board, on or before the end of each 
municipal year, as salary and as and for compensation for their ser- 
vices as members of said Board of Examiners of Stationary En- 
gineers. 

3. Any person desiring a license to act as Stationary Engineer or 
Fireman within the City of Niagara Falls may file with the City 
Clerk on application together with the required fee for a license, 
provided one be granted, which fee is to be returned to said applicant 
in case he is not granted a license, which application is to be forth- 
with submitted by the City Clerk to said Board of Examiners of 
Stationary Engineers, or one of them, whereupon said Board shall 
at a time and place to be named by them, examine such person who 
shall appear before them for examination as to his qualifications. 
If upon such examination said Board shall determine that the appli- 
cant is in all respects a proper and suitable person and possesses the 
requisite qualifications to receive such license, they shall cause a 
license to be granted to the applicant in the manner herein provided. 

4. It shall be unlawful for any person to have charge of or oper- 
ate any steam plant, steam engine or steam boiler within this City, ex- 
cepting locomotive steam engines or marine engines or engines used 
by the fire department of the City of Niagara Falls, and other cases 
by this ordinance specifically excepted, without having procured a li- 
cense from said Board of Examiners of Stationary Engineers, in 
the manner provided by this ordinance, and it shall be unlawful for 
any person licensed under the provisions of this ordinance to have 
charge of or operate any steam engine, steam boiler or steam plant 
of a higher grade or quality than that which he is licensed to have 
charge of or operate. 

5. The Board of Examiners of Stationary Engineers shall issue 
licenses of the following classes : 



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(a) A license as Chief Engineer to any person found by them 
duly qualified to take charge of and operate a steam plant of any kind. 

(b) A license as first class engineer to any person found upon 
proper examination to be qualified to take charge of a steam plant 
or engine not exceeding 300 horse power. 

(c) A license as first class fireman to any person found upon 
proper examination to be qualified to take charge of a steam boiler 
not to exceed 300 horse power. 

( d) A license as second class engineer to any person found quali- 
fied upon such examination to take charge of and operate any steam 
plant or engine not exceeding 75 horse power. 

(e) A license as second class fireman to any person found quali- 
fied upon such examination to take charge of and operate any steam 
boiler not exceeding 75 horse power. 

(f) A license as special engineer or fireman to any person found 
qualified upon proper examination to take charge of and operate a 
certain steam engine or steam boiler of a certain horse power capac- 
ity, to be designated in the license. 

(g) License to owner of steam engine or boiler using not to ex- 
ceed ten horse power and used by him in his own business. 

6. No license granted by said Board of Examiners of Stationary 
Engineers shall be for a term exceeding one year and the following 
license fees shall be demanded and received by the City Treasurer, 
viz. : 

Upon issuing any license save license provided for in subdivision 
(g) of Section 5 above three ($3.00) dollars. 

For license issued under subdivision (g) of Section 5 above, one 
($1.00) dollar. 

The Board of Examiners after the examination of any applicant 
for a license as above stated shall in case they find the applicant quali- 
fied sign a proper certificate and license, and leave the same with the 
City Treasurer who shall deliver such certificate and license to the 
applicant upon the payment of the above named fees. Said Board 
of Examiners of Stationary Engineers shall annually issue in like 
manner a certificate or license to any stationary engineer who has 
heretofore been examined and received a license which shall be de- 
livered by the City Treasurer to such stationary engineer upon the 
payment of a fee of two ($2.00) dollars. 

7. It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to employ 
or permit any person to have charge of or operate any steam engine 



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or steam boiler or steam plant within this City unless such person 
shall be duly licensed to have charge of such steam engine or steam 
boiler or steam plant as herein provided. 

8. It shall be unlawful for any intoxicated person to have charge 
of or operate any steam engine or steam boiler, and the Board of 
Examiners of Stationary Engineers is hereby empowered, and it 
shall be its duty to cancel or revoke the license of any person, who 
shall violate this provision, It shall also be the duty of said Board 
of Examiners to cancel and revoke the license of any person whom 
they shall, upon proper evidence, find to be incompetent or negligent 
in the performance of its duties. It shall be the duty of the Board 
of Examiners to .give notice to any employer of such engineer whose 
license shall be revoked. 

9. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or take charge 
of a steam engine, steam boiler or steam plant of greater capacity 
and horse power than authorized by his license, and it shall also be 
unlawful for any person to have charge of or operate mpre than one 
steam plant at the same time. 

10. It shall be unlawful for any stationary engineer or fireman 
to be absent from the steam boiler or steam engine operated by him 
for a space of time exceeding twenty (20) minutes, nor to be farther 
distant from such steam boiler or steam engine than one hundred 
( 100) feet while working under pressure. Each such licensed engi- 
neer and fireman shall have license suitably framed and hung m a 
conspicuous place at or near the engine or boiler in his charge. 

11. It shall be unlawful for any person licensed to take charge 
of or operate a steam boiler, to take charge of or operate a steam 
plant or steam engine without having a license therefor. And no li- 
censed engineer shall permit any person not having a. license therefor 
to take charge of or operate any steam plant, steam engine or steam 
boiler of which said licensed engineer may be in charge and operat- 
ing. The Board of Examiners shall have the power to revoke the 
license of any engineer who shall violate any of the provisions of this 
section. 

12. It shall not be necessary to procure a license to take charge 
of or operate a steam boiler used in private dwellings, in cases where 
the water returns automatically to the boiler and pressure does not 
exceed ten (10) pounds. 

13. The Board of Examiners of Stationary Engineers shall have 
the power and it shall be their duty to inspect all steam boilers in 



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the City, except those which are regularly inspected and insured by 
a responsible company organized for the purpose of making guaran- 
teed steam boiler inspections. For all boilers not inspected by such 
companies the said Board, or any member thereof, is hereby auth- 
orized to enter in or upon any premises or building, in or upon which 
any steam boiler may be operated and examine and inspect such 
steam plant, engine or boiler and the operation thereof, and to pro- 
hibit and restrain the use or operation of any steam boiler found by 
them to be unsafe for use. Any person, firm or corporation using or 
operating any steam boiler or steam plant except such as are inspect- 
ed and insured as heretofore provided, shall afford free and peace- 
able access thereto to any member of said Board, or to any author- 
ized representative of said Board for the purpose of inspecting or 
examining the same, or for ascertaining whether or not the ordi- 
nances of the City relating to the operation of steam plants are being 
complied with. No person, firm or corporation shall operate any 
steam plant under the jurisdiction of said Board after notice duly 
served by said Board that the same is unsafe. 

14. The Mayor of the City shall appoint a competent person to 
act as boiler inspector under the supervision, control and direction of 
the Board of Examiners of Stationary Engineers. Such person shall 
have at least six (6) years' practical experience as a stationary en- 
gineer. It shall be the duty of such inspector, once in a year or often- 
er, if required by the Board of Examiners of Stationary Engineers, 
to inspect and examine each and every uninsured steam boiler used 
or operated within the City of Niagara Falls which is required by 
these ordinances to be in charge of or operated by a licensed engi- 
neer or fireman, and to report the result of such examination to the 
Board of Examiners of Stationary Engineers. 

All boiler insurance companies doing business in this City shall 
furnish the Board of Examiners of Stationary Engineers with a 
copy of each boiler inspection, signed by the insurance inspector. 

The City Boiler Inspector shall be entitled to charge and receive 
to and from the owner of each boiler internally inspected by him 
a fee of $2.50 for each inspection so made by him, which he may 
retain as and for his full compensation for services as such inspector. 

The City Inspector shall not charge or receive from the owner of 
any boiler more than one fee for each boiler, in any one year, unless 
an additional examination shall have been requested by the owner 
of the boiler. 



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The City Inspector shall give the person, firm or corporation one 
week's notice of any inspection he may find necessary to make where 
the boiler has to be cooled down for internal examination. 

15. Every owner of a steam boiler or boilers operated within the 
City of Niagara Falls and required by these ordinances to be operated 
by a licensed engineer or fireman, shall on or before the first day of 
May, 1906, and annually thereafter, register the same, giving the 
name of the manufacturer, the date of manufacture and the numbers 
and location of all boilers, and the rated capacity of each, with the 
Board of Examiners of Stationary Engineers, and shall procure 
a certificate of such registration from said Board, which shall be 
posted in a conspicuous place on building where such boiler or boilers 
are located. No person, firm, or corporation shall use or operate, or 
cause to be used or operated any such steam boiler or boilers until 
the same shall be duly registered and a certificate thereof procured 
and posted as above provided. 

16. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provi- 
sions of this chapter of ordinances shall forfeit and pay to the City 
a penalty in the sum of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars. Each day 
that any person, firm or corporation shall continue to violate any 
of the provisions of said ordinances shall constitute a separate and 
distinct violation of such provision. 

17. All ordinances relating to Stationary Engineers and Fire- 
men inconsistent with this chapter of ordinances are hereby repealed. 

18. This chapter of ordinances shall take effect immediately. 
Article II. Section 15 of charter. — Three members of the board of 

examiners of stationary engineers for the term of three years each r 
one to be appointed each year. They shall receive such fee as the 
common council shall fix by ordinance. 

Article III. Section 108 of city charter. — There shall be a board 
of examiners of stationary engineers, two of whom shall be sta- 
tionary engineers of at least three years' experience, and one of 
whom shall be a mechanical engineer having received the degree 
of mechanical engineer from a school or college requiring a residence 
course of not less than three years instruction before conferring such 
degree. Two members of said board shall constitute a quorum and the 
concurring vote of two members shall control its acts. 

The said board subject to the provisions of this act shall have 
cognizance, direction and control of the inspection of steam engines 
and boilers used in said city, and of the examination and licensing 



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of stationary engineers, and shall perform such other duties as may 
be prescribed by the ordinance of said city. 

It shall be the duty of said board to cause to be enforced the or- 
dinance of the common council prescribing qualifications tor any per- 
son who may act as a fireman in charge of any boiler within said 
city, but such fireman shall not be required to pass an examination 
except as to the ordinary duties of a fireman. 

OMAHA, NEB. 

Section i. The mayor shall appoint, by and with the consent 
of the city council, a boiler inspector, who shall hold his office 
for two (2) years, or until his successor is appointed and qualified. 

Sec. 2. The boiler inspector shall be a mechanical engineer, well 
qualified from practical experience in the use and construction of 
boilers, generators, super-heaters and their appurtenances used for 
generating steam for power, steaming or heating purposes, to enable 
him to judge of their safety for use as such, and who is neither di- 
rectly or indirectly interested in the manufacturing, ownership or 
agency of steam boilers which are to be inspected. 

Sec 3. The boiler inspector, before entering upon the duties of 
his office, shall execute a bond to the City of Omaha in the sum of 
five thousand (5,000) dollars, with two or more sureties, to be ap- 
proved by the mayor, conditioned for the faithful performance of the 
duties of his office. 

Sec. 4. The mayor shall also designate and appoint by and with 
the consent of the city council, two persons who shall be qualified 
and have had at least five years' experience as practical and me- 
chanical engineers, and do hold, or are qualified to hold, a first-class 
certificate as engineers, who, in conjunction with the boiler inspect- 
or, shall constitute a board of engineers. 

Sec 5. The boiler inspector shall devote his time and attention 
to the duties of his office, and also perform the duties of secretary 
of the board of engineers. He shall carefully inspect and test every 
stationary boiler and steam generating apparatus, under pressure, 
used for stationary power, as provided by this chapter, including 
attachments and connections located within the City of Omaha, at 
least once annually. He shall keep a complete and accurate record 
of the names of all owners or users of steam boilers, giving a full de- 
scription of the boilers inspected by him and amount of pressure al- 
lowed the date when last tested. He shall notify all owners or users 



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of boilers of the time when a re-inspection and the test will be made 
and appoint a day on which he shall make a re-inspection. 

Sec. 7. The boiler inspector and board of engineers shall be pro- 
vided with all needed blanks and stationery needful for their official 
duties. Said board shall provide for regular sessions and the boiler 
inspector shall act as secretary and keep minutes of the proceedings. 
Said board shall convene for business once in each month to examine 
into qualifications of applicants for engineers' certificates. And the 
boiler inspector shall have power to call a special session of the 
board if deemed necessary. A majority of the members of said 
board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

Sec. 8. Every applicant for a certificate who fails to pass the 
examination of the board is required to wait three (3) months before 
again making application for a certificate, and at the expiration of 
such period the board will give him another examination. 

Every applicant for a certificate must make application for the 
same on a blank furnished by the board of engineers for that pur- 
pose. Applicants must have at least two years' experience at mechan- 
ical or steam engineering, and must write and state their experience 
in the blank. All applications must be signed by two citizens, one of 
whom must be a steam user or engineer. Said applicant shall be 
required to go before the board and make oath that the statements 
set forth in such blanks are true. 

Every engineer holding a certificate granted by the board is re- 
quired to notify the board when he accepts or leaves his employment, 
and state the name of his employer and the location of the boiler in 
his charge immediately, and any engineer who fails to give such 
notice may have his certificate revoked by the board. 

Any steam user or engineer failing to place or put in a conspicu- 
ous place in the engine room or boiler house the certificate of the 
boiler inspector or the certificate of the board of engineers, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall 
be fined not less than one dollar nor more than one hundred dollars. 

Any engineer holding a certificate granted by the board shall, with- 
in the first ten days of January and July of each year, make a writ- 
ten report to the boiler inspector of the condition of all boilers and 
apparatus in his charge. 

Every certified engineer shall devote at least eight hours out of 
every twenty-four hours to the duties of the plant where he is em- 
ployed as engineer and if he neglects or fails to comply with this sec- 



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tion, or if intoxicated while in the discharge of his duty, he shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall, 
besides the fines otherwise provided for, forfeit his certificate. 

Any person who violates or fails to comply with the provisions of 
this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
viction thereof, when no other fine or punishment is fixed in this 
chapter, may be fined in a sum not less than five dollars nor more 
than fifty dollars for each offense. 

The board shall issue three grades of certificates, as follows : 

( 1 ) . First grade certificates shall entitle the holder to take charge 
of and run any steam plant. 

(2). Second grade certificate shall entitle the holder to take 
charge of and run any steam plant under 100 H. P. 

(3). Third grade certificate shall entitle the holder to take charge 
of and run any steam plant under 50 H. P., and the board of engi- 
neers may grant to persons operating low pressure gravity steam 
heating plants carrying not to exceed twenty (20) pounds pressure 
to the square inch, a special third grade certificate to be valid for one 
particular specified plant and no other. 

A fee of five dollars ($5) shall be charged for each examination of 
an engineer for license by said board, provided, that no license shall 
be granted to any person under twenty-one years of age. 

Said certificate shall be valid for one year, and no longer, but shall 
be renewed each year upon the payment of one dollar ($1) to the city- 
treasurer and presenting his receipt for the same to the boiler in- 
spector. 

It shall be unlawful for any person to employ any person to serve 
as engineer who is not licensed by the board of engineers, and anyone 
violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five dollars nor 
more than one hundred dollars ; provided, however, that the boiler 
inspector, upon satisfactory examination, may issue a permit to any 
applicant for engineer's license, said permit to hold good only until 
the first meeting of the board of engineers, after its issue, when said 
applicant shall be examined by the board for an engineer's license. 
The board of engineers shall have power to establish rules (not in- 
consistent with the provisions of this chapter) to govern examina- 
tions of applicants for engineer's license (as amended by section 1 
of ordinance No. 4303). 
Sec. 9. 



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on account of any decision of the boiler inspector, may appeal to the 
board of engineers, and upon a thorough and careful investigation 
of the matter at issue between the parties, a majority of the board 
shall decide the question, which shall be fixed in all cases. But the 
boiler inspector shall not have a voice in any matter in which there is. 
an appeal from his decision. 

Sec. io. In case the user or owner of any boiler shall for any 
cause be deprived of the service of a certified engineer, he must noti- 
fy the boiler inspector at once; said inspector may procure an ex- 
perienced and careful person for a time not exceeding six (6) days 
at the expense of parties requesting such service. Where boilers 
are used and engines run night and day, the owner or users of steam 
power must employ two certified engineers, who may stand watch al- 
ternately. 

Sec. 13. No person shall use or operate or cause to be used or 
operated any steam boiler used in furnishing motive power or fur- 
nishing steam for any purpose, other than heating a private dwelling- 
house, unless there be in charge of such steam boiler an experienced 
person having a certificate from the board of engineers; and the 
board shall not issue any such certificate until after an examination, 
and are satisfied that the applicant is sufficiently experienced and a 
proper person to have charge of and operate such boiler, and all 
persons in charge of such steam boilers shall comply with and be 
subject to the provisions and penalties of this chapter. (As amended 
by Section 2 of Ordinance No. 4117.) 

Sec 14. If owners or users of steam boilers or engineers in 
charge of the same, shall carry a greater pressure than is allowed in 
the certificate of inspection granted by the boiler inspector, they or 
either of them shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con- 
viction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty ($50) dollars nor 
more than three hundred ($300) dollars; and in case of an engineer,, 
his certificate shall be revoked. Or, if such owners or users shall use; 
any boiler which has been condemned as unsafe by the boiler in- 
spector, they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
viction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred 
($100) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars. 

Sec 17. When a steam boiler is condemned for repairs, it shall 
be a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not less than one hun- 
dred ($100) dollars nor more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars: 
for any owner or operator to use such boiler so condemned until 



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after the required repairs shall have been made and approved by the 
boiler inspector. 

Sec. 18. The boiler inspector shall authorize, by and with the 
consent of the mayor, upon the written application of the president or 
manager of any steam boiler inspection and insurance company duly 
authorized by the insurance laws of the state of Nebraska to transact 
business as an inspection and insurance company of the City of 
Omaha, Nebraska, one assistant boiler inspector for each and every 
such company making an application therefor who shall appear be- 
fore the board of engineers and be examined as to his qualifications, 
and, if qualified, said board shall grant him a certificate as inspector 
of such company for a term expiring with the term of such boiler 
inspector; and said assistant shall obtain from the boiler inspector 
a permit to make said inspection, upon payment to the city treasurer 
by the insurance company represented the sum of one dollar, pro- 
vided, however, that said permit shall cover all inspections made in 
the year said permit was issued upon the boiler for which said per- 
mit was issued, and said assistant boiler inspector shall inspect and 
test the boilers insured by the company employing him and no other. 
The said assistant boiler inspector shall serve without compensation 
from the City of Omaha, and shall give bond to the City of Omaha 
in the penal sum of three thousand ( $3,000) dollars, with the same 
conditions as required of the boiler inspector, subject to the ap- 
proval of the mayor and council. I As amended by Section 3 of 
Ordinance No. 41 17.) 

Sec. 19. The members of the board of engineers, except the 
boiler inspector, shall each receive four ($4) dollars for each session 
at which they are present, provided said board shall hold not to ex- 
ceed one session per week. They shall each give bond in like man- 
ner as the boiler inspectors, with the same conditions, and in the 
penal sum of five hundred ($500) dollars each ; said bond to be ap- 
proved by the mayor (As amended by Section 2 of Ordinance No. 
3048.) 

Sec 20. If any engineer shall negligently or wrongfully en- 
danger the life of any person by permitting the water to fall below 
the flues or crown sheets of any boiler or boilers, or otherwise neg- 
lect his duties, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five 
($25) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars. 
Sec. 24. All fees and .fines shall be turned over to the city treas- 



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urer on the last day of each calendar month, or not later than the 
first of the following month by the inspector, and he shall make a 
statement to the city comptroller showing all moneys, from whom 
and when the collection was made. 

All moneys thus reported shall be credited to the general fund, 
from which fund the expenses of the inspector's office shall be paid. 
(As amended by Section 3 of Ordinance No. 3048.) 

Sec. 25. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of 
this ordinance where no penalty is provided, shall be subject to a 
penalty of not less than thirty ($30) dollars nor exceeding one hun- 
dred ($100) dollars for each and every offense. 

P60RIA, ILL. 

Section i. There shall be appointed by the Mayor a Board of 
Examiners (which shall consist of three members), two of whom 
shall be first-class engineers actively engaged in the management of 
steam engines or boilers at the time of appointment and during 
term of office ; said engineers must have held first-class licenses for 
at least five years prior to appointment; one of whom shall be the 
boiler inspector of the City of Peoria, provided said boiler inspector 
is a practical boiler-maker; and said appointments shall be referred 
to a committee to report on at the next regular meeting of the 
Council for the approval of said Council ; provided, that no member 
of said Board of Examiners shall be in any way interested in the 
manufacture or sale of steam boilers or engines or supplies. It shall 
be the duty of said Board of Examiners to examine each applicant 
in pursuance of rules and regulations of this ordinance, and if the 
applicant is found qualified, the examining engineer shall sign a 
certificate of qualification, which shall be delivered to such applicant, 
such certificate to expire one year from date of issue. Reissues shall 
be made upon payment of a fee of two dollars for engineers' and one 
dollar for boiler tender's license. 

Sec. 2. Said Board of Examiners shall be provided with suitable 
quarters by the Commissioner of Public Works. Said Board shall 
make and enforce such rules and regulations for its government as 
may be deemed proper and desirable, not inconsistent with the pro- 
visions of this ordinance and the general law. Said Board, or a 
majority thereof, shall hold stated sessions twice each month, of 
such duration as may be deemed requisite for the purpose of examin- 



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ing and determining the qualifications of applicants for licenses for 
engineers. 

Sec. 3. The Board of Examiners, or a majority thereof, shall 
have power to examine into the qualifications of applicants, to grant 
licenses, and, for cause, to suspend or revoke the same. The cer- 
tificates or licenses shall consist of two grades, viz., first and second 
grades, and the requirements for each grade shall be determined by 
said Board of Examiners. 

Every application for a license must be made on the printed blanks 
furnished by the Board of Examiners, and that for an engineer must 
be accompanied by a fee of five dollars ($5.00), and that for a 
boiler or water tender must be accompanied by a fee of two dollars 
($2.00). 

Sec. 4. An applicant for license must have had at least three years' 
practice under the supervision of a practical engineer. 

An applicant for boiler tender's license must be a person who has 
a thorough knowledge of the construction, management and opera- 
tion of steam boilers. Each applicant must state upon the blank the 
extent of his experience ; must be at least twenty-one years of age, 
a citizen of the United States, or have declared his intention to 
become such ; must be of temperate habits and good character ; all 
of which must be vouched for in writing by at least three first-class 
engineers of Peoria, or may be verified under oath by the applicant 
when required by the Board of Examiners. 

Sec. 5. The Board shall have power to suspend the license of an 
engineer or a boiler or water tender for permitting water to get 
too low in boiler ; for carrying a higher pressure of steam than 
allowed by law ; for an absence from his post of duty, or for any 
violation of the provisions of this ordinance, or other neglect or 
incapacity ; provided, however, that no license shall be suspended or 
revoked without first giving the accused party an opportunity to be 
heard in his own defense. When a license of an engineer or boiler 
or water tender shall be revoked, no license shall be reissued to the 
same person for the first offense for thirty (30) days thereafter; 
for the second offense, for ninety (90) days ; for any offense there- 
after, his license shall be permanently revoked, and then only upon a 
full compliance with the conditions and provisions prescribed for an 
original license. In case of suspension or revocation of license, the 
fee thereof shall be forfeited to the city. 

Sec. 6. Everv certificate or license issued to an engineer or boiler 



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or water tender shall be signed by the majority of the Board of 
Examiners, sealed with an imprint of the Board's seal, and attested 
"by the City Clerk. 

Sec. y. The Board of Examiners shall cause to be kept in 
suitable books a full and correct detailed record of its official proceed- 
ings, including the names of the members of the Board, the names, 
ages and residence of all applicants for licenses, the number issued 
and rejected, the number of licenses suspended, renewed or revoked, 
the cause therefor, the names of the persons forfeiting licenses, also 
the full amount of money received and that returned on rejected 
applications. The financial record must be balanced monthly, and 
the result thereof, in writing, shall be deposited, on or before the 
first Tuesday of each month, with the City Comptroller. 

Sec. 8. If any member of the Board of Examiners, or any person 
or employe connected therewith, shall at any time, or under any 
pretense whatever, himself, or through any other person or persons, 
receive, or cause to be received, any money, gift, or other valuable 
thing or compensation, except as herein provided, for the purpose 
of officially favoring an applicant, or for the purpose of deceiving 
or defrauding any person or persons, or shall issue a license author- 
izing any person to act as engineer or boiler or water tender without 
first having examined and found him or them qualified for such 
service in accordance with the provisions and conditions of this 
ordinance, then, in such cases, the member or members of the Board 
or other persons so offending shall be removed from office by the 
Mayor, and ever after be debarred from holding any position, official 
or otherwise, in the service of the City of Peoria; and any applicant 
who shall himself, or through any other person, offer, or cause to be 
offered, any money or other valuable consideration . to said Board, 
or any member thereof, or any person connected therewith, for any 
official act or favor, shall ever be debarred from receiving any license 
under this ordinance. 

Sec 9. No stearn engine or boiler subject to the provisions of 
this ordinance shall be used, managed or operated in the City of 
Peoria, except by an engineer or water or boiler tender, as provided 
herein, who shall have been duly licensed as provided herein, and 
who shall have and exhibit a certificate thereof. Any person who 
shall take charge or manage or operate any steam engine or boiler, 
or any portion of a steam plant, in the City of Peoria, without a 
proper and valid license, as provided by this ordinance, shall, for 



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each and every offense, be subject to a fine of not less than five 
dollars nor more than fifty dollars; and any person, firm or agent, 
company or corporation, owning or controlling any steam engine, 
boiler or steam plant, who shall authorize or permit any person or 
persons, without a proper and valid license as required herein, to 
take charge of, or to manage or to operate, any steam engine or 
boiler, or any portion of a steam plant shall, for each and every 
offense, be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor 
more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), and each day's violation 
of the terms of this ordinance, or any of them, shall constitute a 
separate offense. 

Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Board of Examiners to see 
that each boiler plant in the City of Peoria shall have a licensed 
engineer or boiler or water tender, or both, as provided herein, in 
charge at all times when working under pressure, whose certificate 
of qualification shall be at all times displayed in a conspicuous place 
in the engine or boiler room, and each engineer and boiler tender 
shall devote his entire time, while boilers are working under pressure, 
to the duties of the plant under his charge. Any person who has 
charge of a steam boiler, whose duty it is to keep up the water in 
such boiler, shall be deemed a boiler or water tender within the 
meaning of this ordinance, but the provisions hereof for the examina- 
tion, licensing and regulation of boiler or water tenders shall only 
apply to boiler or water tenders who are in charge of steam boiler 
or boilers which are detached from the engine room, or so far 
removed therefrom or otherwise circumstanced or located as to 
render it difficult for the engineer in charge of the plant to give it 
or them his personal attention and supervision. 

Sec. 11. Every engineer licensed under this ordinance shall, within 
the first ten days of January and July respectively of each year, make 
a written report to the Board of Examiners, of the condition of the 
engine, boilers and steam apparatus comprising the plant under his 
charge, and every boiler or water tender shall, at the same time, 
make to said Board of Examiners a similar report of the condition 
of the boiler or boilers and steam apparatus under his charge. All 
additions or changes made in any plant must be reported by the 
engineer and the boiler or water tender to the Board of Examiners 
within ten days thereafter. 

Sec. 12. The engineers in charge of locomotives shall be exempt 
from the provisions of this ordinance, and all boilers used for heating 



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private dwellings, hot-houses, conservatories, and other boilers 
carrying not more than ten pounds pressure of steam per square 
inch, and the persons operating them, shall be exempt from the 
provisions of this ordinance. The police 'are instructed to report 
all infractions of this ordinance coming to their notice. 

Sec. 13. Said Board hereby created shall not in its salaries and 
expenditures exceed the amount received from license fees; shall 
quarterly and yearly make a written report, under oath, to the City 
Comptroller, of all receipts and expenditures, and pay over to the 
City of Peoria all balances in their hands. Each member of said 
Board appointed as provided by Section one (1) of this ordinance, 
shall receive a salary of three dollars ($3.00) for each regular 
meeting actually attended during his term of office. 

In case the receipts from the license fees shall be insufficient to 
pay the above salaries and the legitimate expense of said Board, 
their salaries above mentioned shall be diminished pro rata to the 
amount of the deficiency. 

PHILADELPHIA, PA. 

Section i. Be it enacted, &c, That it shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons to have charge of or to operate a steam boiler or 
steam engine over ten horse power, in cities of the first-class of this 
Commonwealth, except locomotive boilers used in transportation, 
and steam engines and steam boilers carrying less than fifteen 
pounds of pressure per square inch, unless said person or persons 
are upwards of twenty-one years of age and holds a license, as 
hereinafter provided for, and it shall be unlawful for any owner or 
owners, user or users, of any steam boiler or steam engine over ten 
horse power, other than those excepted above, to operate or cause 
to be operated a steam boiler or steam engine without a duly licensed 
engineer. 

Sec. 2 of the above Act, substituted and amended by an "Act of 
the General Assembly, approved the tenth day of March, A. D. 
1903; to become a part obligation of the original Act; Approved 
April 18, 1899," as follows: 

Sec 2. All persons desiring authority to perform the duties of 
an engineer shall apply to the boiler inspector of such cities, who 
shall examine the applicant as to his knowledge of steam machinery 
and his experience in operating the same, also the proofs he produces 



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in support of his claim, and if, upon full consideration, the inspector 
is satisfied that the applicant's character, habits of life, knowledge, 
and experience in the duties of an engineer, are all such as to 
authorize the belief that he is a suitable and safe person to be 
entrusted with the powers and duties of such a station, he shall grant 
him a license upon the payment of three (3) dollars, authorizing 
him to be employed in such duties for the term of one year, and 
such license shall be annually renewed, without examination, upon 
the payment of one ( 1 ) dollar, provided it is presented for renewal 
within ten days after its expiration. Licenses so granted shall be 
graded into two classes: One of which shall entitle the licensee to 
have charge of or to operate stationary steam boilers and steam 
engines only ; the other of which shall entitle the licensee to have 
charge of or to operate portable steam boilers and steam engines 
only; such licenses shall not be transferred from one grade to the 
other without a re-examination, said re-examination to be conducted 
without cost to the licensee. 

No person shall be eligible for examination for a license unless 
he furnishes proof that he has been employed about a steam boiler 
or steam engine for a period of not less than two years prior to the 
date of application, which must be certified to by at least one em- 
ployer and two licensed engineers. 

Sec. 3. The inspector shall investigate all acts of incompetency 
or misconduct committed by any licensed engineer while acting under 
the authority of his license, and shall have power to summon before 
him any witnesses within his respective city-, and compel their 
attendance by a similar process as used in the State courts to compel 
the attendance of witnesses, and he may administer all necessary 
oaths to any witnesses thus summoned before him, and after reason- 
able notice in writing, given to the alleged delinquent, of the time 
and place of such investigation, such witnesses shall be examined, 
under oath, touching the performance of his duties by any such 
licensed engineer, and if the inspector shall be satisfied that such 
licensed engineer is incompetent, or has been guilty of misdemeanor, 
negligence, unskillfulness, or has endangered life, or wilfully violated 
any provision of this law, he shall immediately suspend or revoke 
his license, as the facts of the case may require. 

Sec. 4. Every engineer who receives a license shall, before enter- 
ing upon his duties, make oath before the inspector, to be recorded 
with the application, that he will faithfully and honestly according 



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to his best skill and judgment, without concealment or reservation, 
perform all the duties required of him by law. 

Sec. 5. Every engineer who shall receive a license shall, when 
employed about any steam plant, place his certificate of license, 
which shall be framed under glass, in some conspicuous place about 
the engine or boiler, where it can be seen at all times, and any neglect 
to comply with this provision by any such engineer shall be deemed 
a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof he shall be subject to a 
fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars, or the revocation of his 
license, or both, in the discretion of the court. 

Sec. 6. All engineers licensed under the provisions of this law 
shall assist the inspector in his examination of any boiler under his 
charge, and shall point out all defects and imperfections known to 
them in the boilers or machinery, and, in default thereof, the license 
of any such engineer or engineers, so neglecting or refraining, shall 
be revoked by the inspector. 

Sec. 7. Every person who has been employed as a steam engineer, 
in the city in which he applies for a license, for a period of four 
years next prior to the passage of this Act. and who files with his 
application a certificate of said fact, under oath, accompanied by a 
statement from his employer or employers verifying the same, shall 
be entitled to a license without further examination. 

Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of an engineer when he assumes 
charge of boilers and machinery, to forthwith thoroughly examine 
the same, and if he finds any part thereof in bad condition, caused 
by neglect or inattention on the part of his predecessor, he shall 
immediately report the facts to the inspector, who shall thereupon 
investigate the matter, and if the former engineer has been culpably 
derelict of duty, he shall suspend or revoke his license. 

Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of every licensed engineer when he 
vacates a position as engineer to notify the boiler inspector of such 
fact, and any failure to comply with this provision shall be punishable 
by a suspension of the license for such period or periods as the boiler 
inspector may determine. 

Sec. 10. Every owner, or lessee or agent of the owner, or lessee 
of any steam boiler or steam engine over ten horse power, embraced 
within the provisions of this Act, or any appliances connected there- 
with, and every person acting for such owner, lessee or agent is 
hereby forbidden to delegate or transfer, in any manner whatever, 
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the maintenance in good condition and repair, of any such steam 
boiler or steam engine, or appliances connected therewith, to anv 
person or persons other than the licensed engineer in charge thereof, 
as shown by compliance with Section 2 of this Act, and any violation 
of the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be a misdemeanor, 
to be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), 
or by imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both, at the 
discretion of the court. Provided, however, that on the purchase 
or agreement to purchase a new steam boiler or steam engine over 
ten horse power, or appliances connected therewith, the builder or 
builders thereof may contract or agree with the purchaser or pur- 
chasers to accept said responsibility, for a period not to exceed sixty 
days ; provided, that there is to be a licensed engineer in attendance 
thereon. 

Sec. 11. All fees received under this Act shall be paid into the 
treasury of the city wherein the license is granted. 

Sec. 12. Any violation of the provisions of Section 1 of this Act 
shall be deemed to be a misdemeanor, to be punished by a fine not 
exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding 
three months, or both, at the discretion of the court. 

Sec. 13. Any officer charged with a duty under the provisions 
of this Act. who shall fail to discharge the same or comply with the 
. requirements thereof, shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine 
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceed- 
ing three months, or both, at the discretion of the court. 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

Section i. Xo person shall operate any boiler to generate steam 
within the city of Rochester, except for railroad locomotive engines 
and for heating purposes in private dwellings, unless he be twenty- 
one years of age and shall have been duly examined and licensed for 
that purpose, as required by the terms of this ordinance, nor shall 
any person or corporation employ any one not licensed as aforesaid 
to operate any such steam boiler within said city. 

Sec. 2. The Common Council of the city of Rochester, from 
time to time, shall appoint a committee of three competent persons 
to examine all applicants for licenses to operate steam boilers and to 
issue licenses to such as shall be found qualified, and each of the 
persons so appointed a member of said committee shall be paid a 
compensation at the rate of one hundred dollars per year, payable 



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quarterly; but in no event shall the aggregate amount so paid exceed 
at any time the aggregate amount received for licenses by the City 
Treasurer under the provisions of this ordinance. 

Sec. 3. All applications for examinations hereunder shall be made 
to the City Clerk in writing, and must state the location and capacity 
of the boiler-plant the applicant intends to operate. Every applica- 
tion must be accompanied by a certificate of two reputable persons 
to the effect that the applicant is of temperate habits and good 
character. 

Sec. 4. The said examining committee shall hold meetings when- 
ever deemed advisable, but at least twice each month, and the City 
Clerk shall furnish them with a suitable room and the necessary 
stationery. Two of said committee shall constitute a quorum for 
the transaction of business, and it shall have power to make and 
enforce such rules and regulations, not inconsistent herewith, as 
shall be necessary for the proper conduct of said examinations. The 
examination of each applicant shall have reference to his qualifica- 
tions to operate the boiler plant described in his application. In 
case any applicant upon his first examination shall fail to satisfy the 
committee of his ability to operate the boiler-plant mentioned in his 
application, a temporary permit may be granted to him to operate 
said plant for a period not exceeding twenty days, at which time the 
applicant must again present himself for examination. Such tem- 
porary permit shall not be granted more than once to the same 
person. The said committee shall keep a suitable record of its 
proceedings, including the names and address of every applicant 
and the result of all examinations. 

Sec 5. Every person found upon examination by said committee 
to be duly qualified to operate a steam boiler as aforesaid shall be 
entitled to receive a license for that purpose, which license shall be 
signed by said committee or a majority thereof and counter-signed 
by the City Clerk upon the prepayment to the City Treasurer of the 
sum of two dollars as a license fee. Every license issued hereunder 
shall expire one year from the date of its issue, and may be renewed 
at its expiration for a term of one year upon the payment to the 
City Treasurer of the sum of one dollar. 

Sec. 6. The City Clerk shall keep in his office a book in which he 
shall enter the license number, the date of the examination, the date 
of issuing license or the date of refusal, the name of the employer 
and the location of the boiler-plant the applicant intends to operate, 



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of all persons licensed according to the provisions of this ordinance, 
which information shall be furnished promptly to the said clerk by 
said committee. 

Sec. 7. If any person, duly licensed hereunder, shall change his 
position and take charge of a different boiler-plant than the one 
specified in his license, he shall, within one week thereafter, notify 
the City Clerk of such change and present himself for examination 
as to his qualifications for operating such different boiler-plant, and 
if found qualified therefor, a license to operate the new plant for the 
unexpired portion of the year covered by his original license shall 
be issued to him without further fee. 

Sec. 8. Every license granted hereunder shall be kept con- 
spicuously displayed in the boiler-room where the person licensed 
shall be engaged at w r ork. 

Sec. 9. Every license issued under the terms of this ordinance 
may be revoked or suspended, at any time, by the Common Council 
of the city of Rochester, by a vote of a majority of the members 
present at the meeting and voting, upon the report of any two 
practical engineers detailed by said Common Council for that pur- 
pose, stating the ground upon which such license shall be revoked 
or suspended, and where such license shall have been revoked, as 
aforesaid, another license shall not, in any case, be issued to the 
same person within six months from the date of the revocation of 
the former license held by such person. 

Sec 10. Any violation of this ordinance shall be punishable by 
a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, 
and in default of the payment of such fine any person so convicted 
shall be imprisoned in the Monroe County Penitentiary for a term 
not exceeding one hundred days. (As amended May 11, 1897.) 

SANTA BARBARA, CAL. 

Section i. The office of Board of Examining Engineers is hereby 
created to consist of three engineers who have had not less than 
seven years' practical experience as stationary engineers, and at 
least two of said Board to be stationary engineers who have been 
employed not less than two years prior to appointment to office as 
Chief Engineers in said City of Santa Barbara. 

Sec 2. It shall be the duty of said Board to examine all applicants 
for engineer's license as hereinafter provided, to have supervision 
over examining all engineers and to perform such other duties as 



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are hereinafter provided. Said Board shall hold one meeting a month 
on the second Tuesday of each month for the purpose of examining 
applicants for license, and shall hold as many special meetings in 
each month as their business may require. The members of said 
Board shall be appointed by and hold office during the pleasure of the 
Mayor of said City, and they shall receive no compensation for their 
services. 

Sec. 5. The Inspector and Board of Examining Engineers shall 
be provided with all needed blanks and stationery necessary for their 
official duties, and said Board shall within ten days after their 
appointment, organize and appoint one of its members as Chairman 
and another as Secretary. The Chairman of said Board shall have 
power to call a special session of the Board whenever necessary. 
A majority of the members of said Board shall constitute a quorum 
for the transaction of said business, and said Board shall make a 
careful and thorough examination as to the qualification of all 
applicants for engineer's license. The Secretary shall keep a true 
and correct record of the minutes and proceedings of said Board, 
and shall keep a register of the names of all applicants designating 
those found qualified and those not qualified. Said Board shall 
grant certificates of license to all persons found qualified, and shall 
charge and collect from each applicant the sum of three dollars. 
Such license shall be good for the term of one year, unless otherwise 
revoked, and shall be signed by not less than two members of said 
Board. The board of Engineers may adopt such rules and regula- 
tions as they shall deem proper, not inconsistent with the provisions 
of this ordinance and the general law. A full Board of Engineers 
by a unanimous vote shall have power to revoke an engineer's license 
for inebriety, incompetency or neglect of his duties when in charge 
of an engine in use, and may order the re-inspection of any boiler 
whenever they shall deem it necessary for the public safety, but no 
license shall be permanently revoked without first giving the accused 
party an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. 

Sec. 6. Any owner or user of a steam boiler feeling aggrieved 
on account of any decision of the said Inspector, may appeal to the 
Board of Examining Engineers, and upon a thorough and careful 
investigation of the matter at issue between the parties, a majority 
of the Board shall decide the question, which decision shall be final 
in all cases. 

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deprived of the services of a licensed engineer he must notify the 
Inspectors of Boilers and Elevators at once, and may place an 
experienced person in charge for a time not beyond the date of the 
next regular meeting of the Board of Examining Engineers. 

Where boilers are used and engines run night and day, the owner 
or user of the same must employ at least two licensed engineers, 
who may stand watch alternately. Any person intending to erect 
or cause to be erected or used a boiler or boilers, or other steam 
generating apparatus, shall notify the said Inspector of such intention 
in writing, giving the place or location where said boiler, boilers or 
steam generating apparatus is to be located. 

Sec. 10. Every owner or user of any boiler or boilers or steam 
generating apparatus of five Horse Power or over, when the same 
are in use, must employ a competent engineer, having an unexpired 
certificate of license from the said Board of Examining Engineers, 
and no such owner or user shall employ any person to operate or 
use the same other than such a competent engineer having an unex- 
pired license, as aforesaid. 

Sec. II. No person shall run or operate any steam boiler or steam 
generating apparatus in the City of Santa Barbara of five horse 
power or over without obtaining a certificate of license as herein 
provided for. Provided, however, that automobiles are expressly 
excepted from the provisions of this ordinance. ' 

Sec. 12. The City Clerk shall issue to the Board of Examining 
Engineers certificates of inspection of steam boilers, mangles, steam 
kettles and passenger elevators, and also engineers' certificates of 
license regularly numbered and duly signed by said officer in proper 
denominations, and to meet the requirements of this ordinance with 
a blank for the owner's or user's name, date, pressure, locality and 
number of the boiler, mangle or steam kettle, and class of engineer. 
The Board of Examining Engineers shall issue such certificates to 
the said Inspector of Boilers and Elevators and charge them to him. 
The said Inspector shall collect from all owners and users of boilers 
or other apparatus hereinbefore mentioned the following inspection 
fees and no more : 

For every boiler, five dollars per annum, except for boilers carry- 
ing less than ten pounds pressure to the square inch. 

For every boiler carrying a pressure of less than ten pounds to 
the square inch the sum of one dollar for each inspection. 



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For every mangle, one dollar per annum. For every steam kettle, 
one dollar per annum. 

The foregoing fees where payable per annum are payable upon 
the first inspection made each year. 

For every passenger elevator, one dollar for each inspection, the 
same to be paid at the time of inspection. 

The said Inspector shall, upon receipt of the inspection fees, if 
the apparatus inspected conforms in all particulars to the require- 
ments of this ordinance, deliver to the owner or user of the same 
a certificate of inspection herein provided for, duly signed and filled 
out by the said Inspector. It shall be the duty of the owner or user 
of such apparatus receiving said certificate of inspection to display 
the same in some prominent place near where such boiler or other 
apparatus is being used and operated. It shall be the duty of the said 
Inspector to make monthly returns to the City Clerk of all fees 
collected hereunder, giving the names of the persons from whom 
collected, and said Inspector shall pay such moneys to the City 
Treasurer at least once in each month. All fees collected hereunder 
shall be placed in the general fund of said City, and all moneys paid 
out hereunder shall be paid out only upon warrant duly approved 
and allowed by the said Council of said City, and shall be paid out 
of the general fund of said City. 

Sec. 13. The said Inspector shall make his semi-annual report to 
the City Clerk, reporting the full number of boilers in the City, the 
number in use, the number inspected and the number condemned as 
unsafe. He shall report the date, name of the owner and the locality 
of every boiler accident, whether it be from a rupture or collapse 
of flue or explosion of the shell of the boiler, stating his belief as to 
the cause thereof. He shall further report the number and names 
of applicants for engineer's licenses, the number rejected and the 
number granted certificates. Such reports shall be signed by a 
majority of the Board of Examining Engineers, and open to the 
inspection of all persons interested. All reports in this ordinance 
required to be made by said Boiler Inspector to the City Clerk 
must be made in duplicate and one copy thereof furnished to the 
Board of Examining Engineers. 

Sec. 16. All engines and boilers of locomotives, used on railroads, 
and all engineers operating the same exclusively, are exempt from 
the provisions of this ordinance. 

Sec. 17. Every applicant for a license who fails to pass the 



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examination of the Board shall be required to wait four weeks before 
making another application, and thereupon the Board shall give him 
another examination. Any applicant who fails to pass after the 
third trial shall not be permitted to again appear before said Board 
for four months. Every engineer licensed by the Board and every 
engineer whose license is vised by the Board shall notify the said 
Inspector of any employment which he may enter into as such 
engineer, and within three days thereafter the name of his employer 
and the location of the boiler or other apparatus in his charge. Every 
engineer licensed by the Board or whose license is vised by the 
Board, shall semi-annually report to the said Inspector during the 
first three days of the months of January and July of each year, 
the condition of the boiler or other apparatus and their connections 
under or in his charge. An application for the renewal of a license 
shall be made not later than the first meeting of the Board next 
following the expiration of the license, and unless the foregoing 
provision is complied with the Board may, at its discretion, order a 
new examination. All licenses granted to applicants hereunder, and 
all renewals of the same as hereinbefore provided, shall be good for 
one year from the time of said granting or renewal, unless sooner 
revoked. The Board of Examining Engineers shall have the power 
and it shall be their duty to revoke the license or renewal of a license 
theretofore granted to any person holding or receiving the same who 
fails, neglects or refuses to comply with any of the provisions of 
this ordinance or the duties imposed thereby. It shall be the duty 
of the Secretary of the Board of Examining Engineers to collect 
from every applicant for a license before examining said applicant 
the sum of three dollars, examining fee, and also one dollar before 
the renewal of any license as hereinbefore provided, which said fees 
shall be paid by said Secretaary to the City Treasurer of said City. 
Every engineer or other person required by said ordinance to have 
a certificate of license from the Board of Examining Engineers shall 
keep the same posted in a conspicuous place at or near the engine, 
boiler or steam generating apparatus or other apparatus of which 
he is in charge. 

Sec. 18. Any person, firm, or corporation, failing, neglecting or 
refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this ordinance, 
or failing to do or perform any of the duties or acts imposed 
hereby or herein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on 
conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than ten dollars nor 



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more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the City Jail 
not less than one day nor more than ten days, or by both such fine 
and imprisonment. Each day's violation of any of the provisions of 
this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. 

Sec. 19. Nothing herein contained shall preclude, prevent or bai 
the collection of said license tax by said City by suit in a Court of 
competent jurisdiction, nor shall prosecution or punishment here- 
under operate as a bar to said suit or collection, but the power to 
maintain such suit is hereby confirmed and reserved. 

ST. JOSEPH, MO. 

Section i. The mayor shall appoint by and with the consent 
of the Common Council, a boiler inspector, who shall be a practical 
boiler maker, who has served his apprenticeship at the trade and 
who has worked at the boiler making trade within the year preceding 
his appointment; said inspector shall be of good moral character, 
temperate habits and competent to test and inspect steam generators 
and all other appliances under steam pressure ; said inspector shall 
not be interested, either directly or indirectly in the sale or manu- 
facture of engines, boilers or any other appliances or apparatus 
used in connection with steam machinery; said boiler inspector 
shall hold his office for a term of two years, beginning with the third 
Monday in April after the annual election and until his successor 
is appointed and qualified ; said boiler inspector is hereby authorized 
to appoint, by and with the consent of the Mayor, one deputy 
inspector, who shall possess the same qualifications as the boiler 
inspector, and perform the same duties in case of temporary 
absence from the city, sickness or other disability of the boiler 
inspector and shall serve without compensation from the city, 
and shall be subject to removal at the pleasure of said boiler in- 
spector. 

Sec 2. The Mayor shall designate and appoint by and with the 
consent of the Common Council, two persons who shall be practical 
and mechanical engineers, having had at least five years' experience 
in the the City of St. Joseph next preceding their appointment, who 
in connection with the boiler inspector, shall constitute a board 
of engineers, whose terms of office shall be the same as that of the 
boiler inspector herein provided. 

Sec 3. The boiler inspector shall devote his entire time and 
attention to the duties of his office and also perform the duties 



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of secretary of the board of engineers. He shall carefully inspect 
and test every stationary boiler and steam generating apparatus 
under pressure used for manufacturing, heating and mechanical 
purposes, as provided by this ordinance, including all attachments 
and connections, located within the City of St. Joseph, at least once 
annually and shall visit each high pressure boiler in operation 
within the city limits at least once every three months. He shall 
keep a complete and accurate record of the names of all owners or 
users of steam boilers, giving a full description of the boilers 
inspected by him, and the amount of pressure allowed, the date 
when last tested. He shall notify all owners or users of boilers 
of the time when a reinspection and test will be made, at least ten 
days before the expiration of each certificate of inspection, and 
appoint a day upon which he will make a re-inspection. The 
manner of inspection shall be the hammer test and in addition there- 
to the boiler inspector shall apply the hydrostatic test whenever in 
his judgment it is necessary. If the hydrostatic test be used, each 
boiler shall be tested by hydraulic pressure not to exceed one-fourth 
greater than the ordinary working pressure used, and the certificate 
of inspection herein provided shall state the maximum pressure at 
which any boiler may be worked. In case a defect shall be discov- 
ered in any boiler or attachment thereto, the boiler inspector shall 
report the same to the owner or user of said boiler or boilers, and 
state the facts of the case in writing, giving a description of the par- 
ticular locality in which each defect may be found, and whether of 
a dangerous character and necessitating immediate repair. If the 
boiler inspector shall at any time find a boiler, which, in his judg- 
ment, is unsafe, after inspecting the same, he shall condemn its 
further use. All boilers to be tested by hydrostatic pressure shall be 
filled with water by the owner or users, and they shall furnish the 
necessary labor required to work and handle the pumps in applying 
the test. When leaks occur which prevent a successful test, the 
boiler inspector shall make a second test, upon receiving notice that 
all leaks have been repaired. If upon making a second test, the boil- 
er or boilers are still defective, he shall, for each subsequent test, 
collect an additional inspection fee, but in no case shall he give a 
certificate until fully satisfied of the safety of the boiler or boilers. 
All certificates of inspection shall be for one year and no longer. 

Sec. 4. The boiler inspector and board of engineers shall at the 
expense of the city, be provided with all needed blanks and station- 



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ery needful for their official duties. Said board shall provide for 
regular sessions and the boiler inspector shall act as secretary and 
keep minutes of the proceedings. Said Board shall convene for 
business twice in each month to examine into qualifications of appli- 
cants for engineer's license. The boiler inspector shall have the 
power to call a special session of the board if deemed necessary. A 
majority of the members of said board shall constitute a quorum 
for the transaction of business. The secretary shall keep a register 
of the names of all applicants, designate those found qualified and 
those not qualified. Said board shall grant licenses, charging there- 
for each applicant the sum of $10.00 for engineer's license, $3.00 to 
be deposited with the clerk of the board when application is made, 
each applicant to be allowed three trials. If he then fails to pass a 
satisfactory examination, the applicant shall then forfeit the money 
deposited with the clerk of the board, but if the applicant has the 
capacity, skill, experience and habits of sobriety, requisite to per- 
form the duties of an engineer, and shall pass examination success- 
fully, the board shall grant him a license for the term of one year, 
upon the payment of an additional $7.00, and any person thus quali- 
fied shall not be refused a license. The fee for each renewal of en- 
gineer's license shall be $2.50. The regular meeting of the board of 
examination shall take place on the first and third Tuesdays of each 
month. Said board of engineers shall vise all engineers' licenses 
presented by the owner thereof, granted him by the United States 
laws, which shall have the same effect as licenses granted by the 
board, and the engineers whose licenses are vised by the board 
shall be subject to the provisions of this ordinance. 

All licenses granted shall be signed by not less than two, and may 
be signed by all members of the board. Any person taking charge 
of a steam boiler or steam boilers, for heating purposes only, shall 
be examined by said Board of Engineers, and if found qualified, the 
said board shall grant him a certificate to that effect upon the pay- 
ment of $5.00, said certificate to remain in force for one year from 
date of issue and may be reissued or renewed by the consent of the 
board of engineers upon the payment of a fee of $2.00. Said board 
of engineers may adopt such rules and regulations as they shall 
deem proper, not inconsistent with this ordinance and the general 
law. A full board of engineers, by a unanimous vote, shall have 
power to revoke an engineer's license for inebriety, dishonesty or 
neglect of his duties when in charge of an engine or boiler in use, 



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and may order the re-inspection of any boiler whenever they shall 
deem it necessary for the public safety, but no license shall be per- 
manently revoked for cause, without first giving the accused party 
an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. 

Sec. 5. Any owner or user of a steam boiler feeling aggrieved 
on account of any decision of the boiler inspector, may appeal to the 
remaining members of the board of engineers, and upon a thorough 
and careful investigation of the matter at issue between the parties, 
said members of said board shall decide the question, but in case 
said board fail to agree, then the Mayor shall appoint some com- 
petent person who shall sit with the board, and the decision of said 
three persons, or a majority thereof, shall be final in all cases; pro- 
vided that the boiler inspector shall not have a voice in any matter 
in which there is an appeal from his decision. 

Sec. 6. In case the user or owner of any boiler shall, for any 
cause, be deprived of the services of a licensed engineer, he must noti- 
fy the boiler inspector at once, whose duty it shall be to see that said 
owner or steam user is supplied with a competent person to perform 
the duties of an engineer until a licensed engineer can be provided 
and he may procure an experienced and careful person in charge for 
a time, not exceeding six days. Where boilers are used and en- 
gines run night and day, two licensed engineers must be employed 
and must stand watch alternately. Any person or persons intend- 
ing to put in a boiler or boilers into their establishment or building, 
must apply to the boiler inspector for a permit before setting up 
any boiler, and said boiler must be set subject to the approval of the 
boiler inspector. 

Sec 7. All owners or users of any stationary boiler carrying 
a pressure of ten pounds or over per square inch, shall have the 
same inspected and tested as herein provided, before and while 
being used, and at least once a year thereafter and for every neglect 
or refusal to have such inspection and test, they shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor. If owners or users of steam boilers, or en- 
gineers in charge of same, shall carry greater pressure than is al- 
lowed in the certificate of inspection, granted by the boiler inspect- 
or they, or either of them, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and in case of an engineer, his license shall be revoked; or if such 
owners or users shall use any boiler which has been condemned as 
unsafe by the boiler inspector, they shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor. 



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Sec. 8. Every owner or user of steam boiler or boilers, or steam 
generating apparatus of over five horse power, when the boiler or 
boilers are in use, must employ a competent engineer having a li- 
cense from the board of engineers and every owner or user of afore- 
said, who shall neglect or refuse to employ a licensed engineer as 
herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. And any 
. person acting as engineer having in charge either engine or boiler 
in use within the corporate limits of the City of St. Joseph, not 
holding a license as above provided and required, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person taking charge of more than 
one steam boiler or steam generating apparatus, under pressure 
when not in one building or on the premises of one industry, shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Every licensed engineer shall 
devote at least eight hours out of every twenty-four to the duties 
of the plant where he is employed as engineer. 

Sec. io. The boiler inspector shall make a semi-annual report to 
the comptroller, reporting the full number of boilers in the city, the 
number in use, the number inspected, and the number condemned 
as unsafe. -He shall report the date, name of the owner, and the 
locality of every boiler accident, whether it be from a rupture 
or a collapse of flue, or explosion of the shell of the boiler, stating 
his belief as to the cause thereof. He shall further report the num- 
ber and names of applicants for engineers' licenses, the number of 
rejected and the number granted licenses. Such report shall be 
signed by the full board of engineers, and open to the inspection 
of all persons interested. 

Sec. ii. The boiler inspector shall receive a salary of one 
thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per annum, subject always to the 
further provisions of this ordinance, which shall be. in full for all 
services rendered by him. He shall give bond to the City of St. 
Joseph in the penal sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), with 
two or more securities to be approved by the comptroller, condi- 
tioned for the faithful, skillful and impartial performance of the 
duties of the office, and that he will fully account for and pay into 
the city treasury all moneys received by him, as herein provided. 
The deputy inspector appointed under this ordinance shall give a 
bond in like manner as the boiler inspector in the penal sum of one 
thousand dollars ($1,000.00), with the same condition as required of 
the boiler inspector, and subject to the approval of the comptroller. 
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shall each receive one hundred dollars per year. They shall each 
give bond in like manner as the boiler inspector, with the same 
conditions, and in the penal sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), 
said bond to be approved by the comptroller. 

Sec. 12. If the boiler inspector or his deputy shall neglect or 
fail to discharge his or their duty by reason of inebriety, or by neg- 
lecting to perform the duties of inspector, or to pay over moneys 
received for inspection, as provided in this ordinance, or in any man- 
ner use their position for corrupt or dishonest purposes, he or they 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof 
be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00), and 
forfeit his or their office. 

Sec. 13. All engineers, engines and boilers of the fire depart- 
ment of St. Joseph, and all steam rollers, steam automobiles and 
portable boilers used on the streets of the City of St. Joseph, Mo., 
are subject to the provisions of this ordinance except that there 
shall be no fee charged for the inspection of boilers of fire en- 
gines, but all locomotive boilers used on railroads, and steam boilers 
supplied with water automatically, when used only for heating 
dwelling houses and not carrying a pressure of over ten pounds of 
steam per square inch, are exempt from the provisions of this ordi- 
nance. 

Sec. 14. All expenditures for the inspection of boilers shall 
be charged and paid as expenditures of the office of boiler inspect- 
or and board of engineers, and all bills before being paid shall be 
audited and approved, subject to the provisions of this ordinance 
and the laws governing cities of the second class. The salary herein 
provided to be paid to the boiler inspector shall be paid out of the 
funds collected for the inspection of boilers and for licenses issued 
to engineers as in this ordinance provided, and in no case or event 
shall the city be liable for such salary or any part thereof, except so 
far as the money paid into the city treasury under this ordinance 
shall be sufficient to pay said salary herein provided to be paid. 

Sec 15. Every applicant for a license who fails to pass the ex- 
amination of the board is required to wait two weeks before again 
making application for a license and the board shall then give him 
another examination ; any applicant failing to pass the examination 
after the third trial, shall not be permitted to appear before said 
board for six months ; every engineer licensed by the board, and every 
engineer whose license is vised by the board is required to notify the 



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boiler inspector when he accepts employment, and within three days 
thereafter, the name of his employer and the location of the boiler or 
boilers in his charge ; and every engineer who shall neglect or refuse 
to comply with this rule shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. An 
application for renewal of a license shall be made not later than the 
first regular meeting of the board next following the expiration of the 
license, and unless the above provision is complied with, it shall be 
necessary for the applicant to be re-examined and to take out a new 
license and pay the regular fee as provided in section 4 of this ordi- 
nance. Any steam user failing to plgce or put in a conspicuous 
place in engine room or boiler house the boiler inspector's certi- 
ficate, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Sec. 16. Any person who violates or fails to comply with any of 
the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of not 
less than five ($5) dollars, nor more than one hundred ($100.00) 
dollars for each offense. 

Sec. 17. The city comptroller shall immediately after the pas- 
sage of this ordinance, procure five hundred copies thereof to be 
printed for gratuitous distribution among steam users and engineers. 

Sec. 18. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed as applica- 
ble to private residences, except where several houses shall be con- 
structed and used as flats or tenements and all heated by one steam 
plant. 

Sec. 19. It shall be the duty of every engineer to have his license 
posted in a conspicuous place in his engine room where it can be 
seen by anyone who wishes to see it and it shall be the duty of engi- 
neers to revoke the license of any engineer who shall refuse to 
perform his duty and any engineer having had his license revoked 
shall not be granted a new license within three months after his li- 
cense was revoked and it shall be the duty of the boiler inspector 
to revoke the license of any engineer for neglect of duty or inebriety 
at any time, and report of same must be made at their next regular 
meeting, and the boiler inspector shall have the power to enter any 
building or other premises where steam under pressure is being 
used and to arrest or cause to be arrested, any incompetent person 
or persons found in charge of same. 

ST. LOUIS, MO. 

Section 2196. Inspector of Boilers and Elevators — Appoint- 
ment and Qualification. — The Mayor shall appoint, by and with the 



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consent of the Council, an inspector of boilers and elevators, who 
shall be a practical mechanical engineer, and competent to test and 
inspect steam boilers and elevators and all steam-generating appar- 
atus under pressure. 

Sec. 2198. Clerk and Assistant Clerk to be Appointed. — He shall 
also appoint a clerk and an assistant clerk, and who shall receive 
the same salary as the clerk, and who shall give bond to the same 
amount as now required of the clerk. 

Sec. 2199. Tenure of Office. — The Inspector of Boilers and Ele- 
vators, his deputies and clerk, shall hold their offices for a term of 
four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. 

Sec. 2201 — Board of Engineers Constituted. — The Mayor shall 
also appoint, by and with the consent of the Council, two persons, 
one of whom shall be a practical and mechanical engineer, and one 
shall be a manufacturer of engines and steam machinery ; both shall 
have at least five years' experience in the business, who, in connec- 
tion with the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators, shall constitute 
a board of engineers. 

Sec 2202. Duties of Inspector of Boilers and Elevators. The 
Inspector of Boilers and Elevators shall devote the whole of his time 
and attention to the duties of his office, and also perform the duties 
of Secretary of the Board of Engineers. He shall carefully inspect 
and test every stationary boiler and steam-generating apparatus 
under pressure used for stationary power, as provided by this chap- 
ter, including all attachments and connections, located within the 
city, at least once annually. He shall keep in the office of the Board 
of Engineers a complete and accurate record of the names of all 
owners or users of steam boilers, giving a full description of the 
boilers inspected by him, and the amount of pressure allowed and the 
date when last tested. He shall notify all owners or users of boilers 
of the time when a reinspection and test will be made, at least ten 
days before the expiration of each certificate of inspection, and ap- 
point a day on which he will make a reinspection. 

Sec 2204. Location and Furnishing of Office. The Inspector 
of Boilers and Elevators and Board of Engineers shall be provided 
with an office in the City Hall, suitably furnished, including all need- 
ed blanks, stationery, and the mechanical appliances needful for 
their official duties. 

Sec 2205. Sessions of Board — Shall Have Power to Grant Li- 
censes to Engineers which May be Revoked. Said board shall pro- 



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vide for regular sessions, and the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators 
shall act as secretary and keep minutes of the proceedings. (Said 
board shall convene for business once in each week to examine into 
the qualifications of applicants for' engineers' licenses.) A majority 
of the members of said board shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business. The secretary shall keep a register of the 
names of all applicants, designating those found qualified and those 
not qualified. Said board shall grant certificates of license, for one 
year from date thereof, to all applicants who, upon examination, 
shall have the capacity, skill, experience and habits of sobriety 
requisite to perform the duties of an engineer, and no person pos- 
sessing such qualifications shall be refused a license. Each appli- 
cant for a license shall at the time of filing his application, pay to 
the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators a fee of two dollars for each 
examination, and all money so received by the Inspector of Boilers 
and Elevators shall be paid into the City Treasury as provided 
by section twenty-two hundred and nine, but no charge shall be made 
for renewals. All certificates of licenses granted shall be signed 
by not less than two, and may be signed by all the members of the 
board. The Board of Engineers may adopt such rules and regula- 
tions as they shall deem proper, not inconsistent with this chapter 
and the general law. A full Board of Engineers, by an unanimous 
vote, shall have the power to revoke an engineer's license for in- 
ebriety, dishonesty or neglect of his duties, when in charge of an 
engine or boiler in use, and may order the reinspection of any boil- 
er whenever they shall deem it necessary for the public safety; but 
no license shall be permanently revoked for cause without first giv- 
ing the accused party an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. 

Sec. 2206. Appeals to Board of Engineers. Any owner or user 
of a steam boiler or elevator, feeling aggrieved on account of any . 
decision of the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators, may appeal to the 
Board of Engineers, and upon a thorough and careful investigation 
of the matter at issue between the parties, a majority of the board 
shall decide the question, which decision shall be final in all cases; 
but the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators shall not have a vote in 
any matter in which there is an appeal from his decision. 

Sec. 2207. When Unlicensed Persons May be Employed. The 
owners or users of steam boilers or engines of a capacity of not over 
seventy-five square feet of heating surface, and pressure of not 
over twenty-five pounds of steam to the square inch used for power 



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only, and all boilers under a pressure of fifteen pounds to the square 
inch used for heating purposes only, shall apply for a permit to em- 
ploy a competent, careful and trustworthy person, instead of a li- 
censed engineer, such person to be recommended by two citizens, 
one of whom shall be a steam user or a licensed engineer, and if 
found competent by the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators, said per- 
mit shall be granted. The Inspector of Boilers and Elevators shall 
have the power to revoke such permit for cause. In case the owner 
or user of any boiler shall for cause be deprived of the services of a 
licensed engineer, he may put a trustworthy person in charge for a 
time not exceeding twenty-four hours, unless a special permit is 
obtained from the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators, extending the 
time, which in no case shall exceed three days. 

At all times when boilers are in use and engines run, there shall be 
in charge an engineer having a certificate of license from the Board 
of Engineers, which certificate of license shall be displayed in some 
prominent place where the boilers or engines are in use, and any 
owner or user as aforesaid, who shall neglect or refuse to employ 
a licensed engineer as herein provided, or any unlicensed person 
found in charge of boilers or engines requiring a licensed engineer 
as above provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on 
conviction shall pay a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than 
one hundred dollars. Any engineer having a certificate of license 
from the Board of Engineers, who shall neglect or refuse to comply 
with the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than ten 
nor more than twenty-five dollars. 

Sec. 2209. Inspection — Blanks, Fees and Returns. The Regist- 
er shall issue to the Comptroller certificates of inspection for steam 
boilers regularly numbered and duly signed by each of said officers 
in denominations proper to meet the requirements of this chapter, 
.but blank as to the owners' or users' names, date, pressure, locality 
and number of the boilers. The Comptroller shall issue such cer- 
tificates of inspection to the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators 
and charge them to him; the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators 
shall collect from all owners or users the following inspection fees, 
and no more : For every boiler five dollars, whether set singly or in 
sets; where sets of boilers are built one above another only those 
immediately over the firebed shall be counted. The Inspector of 
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fees, shall promptly deliver to every owner or user of any boiler, 
certificates of inspection of the boilers inspected by him or by his 
assistant; every such certificate of inspection shall be properly filled 
up as herein provided, and signed by said Boiler Inspector; said 
certificate of inspection shall be displayed in some prominent place 
near where the boilers are used. The Inspector of Boilers and Ele- 
vators shall make weekly returns to the City Comptroller of all 
moneys collected, giving the names of the steam users and candi- 
dates for examination, from whom collected, and shall pay the 
moneys collected into the City Treasury at least twice in each week. 

Sec. 22 io. Semi-annual Report to Comptroller. The Inspector 
of Boilers and Elevators shall make a semi-annual report to the 
Comptroller, reporting the full number of boilers in the city, the num- 
ber in use, the number inspected, and the number condemned as un- 
safe. He shall report the date, name of owner, and the locality of 
every boiler accident, whether it be from a rupture or collapse of flue 
or explosion of the shell of a boiler, stating his belief as to the cause 
thereof. He shall further report the number and the names of ap- 
plicants for engineers' licenses, the number rejected and the number 
granted certificates and the amount received as fees for examina- 
tions. Such reports shall be signed by the full Board of Engineers 
and open to the inspection to all persons interested. 

Sec. 221 i. Salary and Bond of Inspector. The Inspector of 
Boilers and Elevators shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred dol- 
lars per annum, which shall be in full for all services rendered 
by him. He shall give bond to the City of St. Louis in the penal 
sum of ten thousand dollars, with two or more sureties to be ap- 
proved by the Mayor and Council, conditioned for the faithful, 
skillful and impartial performance of the duties of his office, and 
that he will fully account for and pay into the City Treasurer all 
moneys received by him as herein provided. 

Sec. 2216. Bond and Compensation of Members of Board. The 
members of the Board of Engineers, except the Inspector of Boilers 
and Elevators, shall each receive four dollars for each session at 
which they are present; PROVIDED, said Board shall not hold 
to exceed one session per week. They shall each give bond in like man- 
ner as the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators, with the same con- 
ditions, and in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, said bond to be 
approved by the Mayor and Council. 

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of the officers herein created shall be paid out of the appropriation 
for Board of Engineers and Inspector of Boilers and Elevators. 

Sec. 2218. Qualifications of Members of Board and Deputy In- 
spectors. The Board of Engineers and Deputy Inspectors appoint- 
ed under this chapter shall each possess the qualifications prescribed 
in section ten, article four, of the Charter. 

Sec. 2219. Misconduct of Inspector, Etc., When Misdemeanor. 
If the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators, his deputy or assistants, 
shall neglect or fail to discharge his or their duties by reason of in- 
ebriety "or by neglecting to perform the duties of inspector, or to 
pay over moneys received for inspection end examination as pro- 
vided in this chapter, or in any manner use their position for cor- 
rupt or dishonest purposes, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum of not 
exceeding one hundred dollars, and forfeit his or their office. 

Sec. 2220. What Exempt from Article. The engineers, engines 
and boilers of the Fire Department, and the locomotive boilers used 
on railroads, and steam boilers supplied with water automatically 
and having no pump or injector, and used only for heating dwelling 
houses, not carrying under pressure over eight pounds of steam per 
square inch, are exempt from the provision of this chapter. 

Sec 2221. Application and Examination for License. Every 
applicant for license who fails to pass the examination of the board 
is required to wait four weeks before again making application for 
license, and the board shall give him another examination. Every 
applicant for license must make application for a license on a blank 
furnished by the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators for that purpose. 
Applicant must have at least two years' experience at mechanical 
or steam engineering, and must write and state his experience on 
said blank. He shall go before the Inspector of Boilers and Eleva- 
tors and make oath that the statements set forth in such blank are 
true facts. 

Sec 2222. Licensed Engineers Must Give Notice of Changes of 
Employment. Every engineer licensed by the board is required to 
notify the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators when he accepts or 
leaves his employment, and within twenty-four hours thereafter the 
name of his employer and the location of the boilers in his charge. 
Any engineer who fails to give such notice may have his license re- 
voked bv the board. 



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Sec 2223. Application for Renewal of Revoked License. Ap- 
plication for renewal of such license shall be made not later than 
the third meeting of the board next following the expiration of the 
license, and unless the above provision is complied with, the board 
may, at its discretion, order a new examination. 

Sec. 2225. Licensed Engineer to Make Semi- Annual Report- 
Failure — Penalty. Any engineer licensed by the board shall, within 
the first ten days of January, and July, each make a written report 
to the Inspector of Boilers and Elevators of the condition of all the 
boilers and apparatus in his charge and if he neglects or fails to com- 
ply with this section, or if intoxicated while in the discharge of his 
duty, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction 
thereof, shall, besides the fines otherwise provided for, forfeit his 
license. 

Sec. 2226. Expenditures — How Paid. All the expenditures for 
horses, horse-feed, harness, wagons, pumps, hose and other proper 
expenses and necessary apparatus for the inspection of boilers shall 
be charged and paid as expenses for the office of the Board of Engi- 
neers and Inspector of Boilers and Elevators, and all bills before 
being paid, shall be audited and approved by the Comptroller. 

Sec 2238. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions of this ar- 
ticle, for which a penalty is not provided, shall be deemed a misde- 
meanor, and the person, persons, co-partnership or corporation 
guilty thereof, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not 
less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, before the court or 
courts having competent jurisdiction. 

SIOUX CITY, IA. 

Section i. The mayor shall, by and with the consent of the 
City Council, forthwith appoint a board of examining engineers 
consisting of three persons, who shall hold office until the first reg- 
ular meeting of the City Council in April, 1899, an( ^ unt ^ their suc- 
cessors in office shall be duly appointed and qualified. 

Sec 2. At the first regular meeting of the City Council in April, 
1899, and annually thereafter, or as soon after said date as prac- 
tical, said mayor shall, by and with the consent of the City Council 
appoint a board of examining engineers, one of whom shall hold 
office for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and 
until their successors in office are duly appointed and qualified. 

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tionary engineers of not less than ten years' experience, and well 
qualified in the use and construction of boilers, generators, and su- 
perheaters and their appurtenances, used for generating steam for 
power, steaming or heating purposes. 

Sec. 4. Each member of the board of examining engineers be- 
fore entering upon their duties shall execute a bond to the City of 
Sioux City in the penal sum of One Thousand ($1000.00) Dollars 
with two or more sufficient securities to be approved by the City 
Council, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of 
their office. 

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the board of examining engi- 
neers to grant licenses of the first, second, and third grade to per- 
sons examined by them. The first class license qualifies the holder 
to take charge of boilers of fifty horse-power or over ; second class 
license qualifies the holder thereof to take charge of boilers of 
twenty-five horse-power or over, up to one hundred and twenty-five 
horse-power; third class license qualifies the holder thereof to take 
charge of all boilers of less than twenty-five horse-power, twelve " 
square feet of heating surface to constitute one horse-power. The 
certificates of license of permits so granted shall run for one year 
from the date thereof, at which time they shall be renewed. 

Sec 6. Said board of examining engineers shall grant no li- 
cense, nor issue any certificates of license or permits to any person 
or persons to take charge of any boiler or other apparatus used for 
the generating of steam, or subject to steam pressure, until they have 
satisfied themselves from satisfactory proof furnished by the appli- 
cant for such license or permit that he is competent and a safe 
and proper person to take charge thereof, and for the purpose of de- 
termining this fact they shall subject the applicant to such an ex- 
amination in respect thereto as they may deem necessary before 
granting such certificate of license or permit. Said board of ex- 
amining engineers shall also be satisfied, by good and sufficient evi- 
dence, that the applicant is competent, reliable, and trustworthy, and 
not addicted to the excessive use of intoxicating liquors, before 
granting such certificate of license or permit. 

Sec. 7. Should the board of examining engineers discover that 
the person in charge of any boiler or other apparatus used for the 
generation of steam is disregarding his or their instructions with 
reference to safety thereof, or if said person so in charge of said 
boiler or apparatus is remiss in any of his duties to such extent that 



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the safety of any person is endangered thereby; or if they shall be 
satisfied that the person so in charge of said apparatus is not com- 
petent, safe, and reliable, or is addicted to the excessive use of in- 
toxicating liquors, it shall be the duty of the said board of examining 
engineers to revoke any certificate of license or permits they may 
have granted such person, and at once report to the City Council 
the reasons for revoking the same and thereafter such person shall 
take no further charge of said boilers or apparatus or any other 
apparatus or boiler, without permission from said board of examin- 
ing engineers. 

Sec. 8. If the board of examining engineers, or any member 
thereof shall take or receive any money or other valuable consid- 
eration from any person, for the purpose of deceiving or defraud- 
ing any person, or for the purpose of violating any provision of this 
ordinance, or if said board of examining engineers, or any mem- 
ber thereof, shall issue any certificates of license or permits to any 
person without having at the time stated thoroughly examined the 
person so granted a license or permit, he shall be fined in the penal 
sum of not more than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars, and shall 
be removed from his ofhce by the mayor, and shall ever after be 
disqualified from holding the same. 

Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful for any owner, or owners, user, 
or users, of any steam boiler, or boilers, or steam generating appara- 
tus to operate the same without an engineer holding a license from 
the board of examining engineers ; provided, the owners or users of 
steam boilers or engines of a capacity of not over seventy five (75) 
feet of heating surface, with pressure of not over twenty-five (25) 
pounds to the square inch, and all boilers not exceeding seventy-five 
(75) feet of heating surface under a pressure of fifteen (15) pounds 
to the square inch, used for heating only, may apply for and obtain 
a permit to employ a careful and trustworthy person instead of an 
engineer holding a license. Such person to be recommended by 
two citizens of said City, one of whom shall be an engineer holding 
a license from the board of engineers, which permit shall be grant- 
ed by said board. The board of examining engineers shall have 
power to revoke such permit for cause, and in case the owner or 
user of any boiler shall from cause be deprived of the services of an 
engineer holding a license, he may put a careful and trustworthy 
person holding such permit in charge for a time not exceeding six 
days. 



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Sec. 10. When any boiler or engine requiring the services of an 
engineer holding a first class license is run day and night, the owner 
or user thereof may employ an engineer holding a second class li- 
cense not exceeding twelve hours at a time under the instructions of 
an engineer in charge holding a first class license. 

Sec. 11. Every applicant for a license or permit must make ap- 
plication therefor on a blank furnished by the board of examining 
engineers, and every person granted a license or permit by said 
board is required to notify them when he accepts or leaves his em- 
ployment, and, within ten days thereafter, the name of his employ- 
er and the location of the boilers in his charge. Any person who 
fails to give such notice may have his license or permit revoked by 
the board of examining engineers. Applications for renewals of 
licenses or permits shall be made not later than the third week pre- 
ceding their expiration, and unless the above provision is complied 
with the board may order a new examination. 

Sec. 12. In case of the failure of any applicant for a license to 
pass the examination he may within ten days after receiving notice 
of such failure make written application to the mayor of said City 
and also to the said board of examining engineers for a second 
examination, which shall be granted by said board within ten days 
after said application is thus made, and said applicant, upon said 
examination, shall be entitled to have all questions propounded by 
said board and all answers thereto made by him taken down by a 
stenographer and transcribed in writing, all at his own cost and ex- 
pense, and upon failure by him to pass said second examination he 
may within three days thereafter file a true verified copy of all said 
questions and answers so transcribed with the mayor of said City. 
who shall at once appoint a committee of three, two of whom shall 
be stationary engineers and not members of said board of examining 
engineers, for the examination of said applicant, all at the expense 
of such applicant, and only upon the written questions and answers 
so filed with the mayor, and if said applicant pass said examina- 
tion before said committee he shall upon order of the mayor, and 
after the payment by him of all charges and expenses therein made, 
be entitled to receive from said board of examining engineers a cer- 
tificate of license of the grade as fixed by said committee and as 
herein provided. Every applicant for examination for a license who 
fails to pass the examination, and who fails to apply for and pass 
a further examination within the time and as herein provided shall 



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wait such length of time as said board may direct, not exceeding 
six months, and the board shall give such applicant another ex- 
amination. 

Sec. 13. That whenever the words "license," "certificate," or 
"certificate of license" appears in this ordinance it shall be construed 
to mean a license issued by said board of examining engineers under 
the provisions of this ordinance with the seal of the City thereto at- 
tached. 

Sec. 14. It shall be unlawful for any person to take charge of or 
operate any boiler, or boilers, or steam generating apparatus, without 
first obtaining a license or permit from the board of examining engi- 
neers ; and it shall be the duty of the City Marshall and members of 
the police force of the City to see that all the provisions of this or- 
dinance are complied with. 

Sec 15. Every person holding a license or permit from the board 
of examining engineers shall keep the same posted in a conspicuous 
place in the engine room where he is employed. 

Sec 16. No person shall be granted a first class license until he 
furnish said board with satisfactory proof that he has had five years' 
experience in steam engineering: 

No person shall be granted a second class license until he furnish 
said board with satisfactory proof that he has had three years' ex- 
perience in steam engineering; 

No person shall be granted a third class license until he furnish 
said board with satisfactory proof that he has had two years' ex- 
perience at steam engineering. 

Sec 17. That said board of examining engineers, or majority 
of said board, shall issue all certificates of license, permits, or re- 
newals thereof, and shall charge for all such certificates of license 
and renewals provided for in this ordinance and granted by them, the 
following license fees, to-wit: For all grades of licenses the sum of 
Three ($3.00) Dollars each and for each annual written renewal 
thereof the sum of One ($1.00) Dollar; and all such certificates of 
license, permits, and renewals shall bear the seal of the City. 

Sec 18. That the sole compensation of said board of examining 
engineers and the members thereof shall be the fees collected by 
them for the issuance of certificates of license and annual renewals 
thereof, to be equally divided among the members of said board, 
said board shall keep a complete record of all such sums so paid. 

Sec 19. The City of Sioux City shall provide an office with all 



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instruments, books, papers, and material necessary for the proper 
performance of the duties of such board of examining engineers, 
and said board shall hold regular meetings in said office, at least 
twice each month, on dates to be fixed by said board, and the chair- 
man or any two members of said board may call special meetings 
when necessary. 

Sec. 20. The board of examining engineers shall keep a record 
of all licenses and permits granted, to whom granted, and the 
location of the boiler or apparatus in charge of the holder thereof. 

Sec. 21. All persons now holding certificates, licenses, or per- 
mits under the ordinance passed February 11, 1890, may run under 
the same until the expiration thereof, at which time they shall make 
application for a new license or permit, provided that the said board 
of examining engineers shall be satisfied that the person so holding 
said certificate, license, or permit is not competent, safe and re- 
liable, or is addicted to the excessive use of intoxicating liquors, 
they may revoke said license or permit, as herein provided, and 
thereafter such person shall take no further charge of said boiler or 
apparatus, or any other boiler or apparatus without permission from 
said board of examining engineers. 

Sec. 22. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply and 
shall not be construed to be applicable to boilers or steam genera- 
tors of any kind used for heating private residences only, nor to 
any person or persons, in charge of the same. 

Sec 23. Any person failing to comply with, or who shall vio- 
late any of the terms, provisions, and restrictions set forth in this 
ordinance, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding One Hundred 
($100.00) Dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding thir- 
ty days. 

SPOKANE, WASH. 

The city of Spokane does ordain as follows : 

Section i. That all low pressure steam engines and steam 
boilers in use within the city of Spokane shall be inspected at 
least once every year, and all high pressure steam engines and 
steam boilers in use within the city of Spokane shall be inspected 
at least twice every year. 

Sec 2. The board of public works shall on the first day of 
October of each and every year cause all steam engines, both high 
pressure and low pressure used within the city of Spokane, to be 
inspected by some competent person, who has been a resident of 



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the city of Spokane, for at least a year before his selection, and 
who has sufficient knowledge of steam machinery to enable him to 
regulate or operate any class of steam engines or steam boilers; 
and on the first day of May of each and every year shall cause all 
high pressure steam boilers and steam engines to be examined by 
some person qualified aforesaid. 

Sec. 3. Said inspector shall carefully inspect all such engines 
and steam boilers, and shall give to the owner or owners, person or 
persons, firm or corporation, using said engine or engines, a cer- 
tificate of inspection, stating the date of his said inspection and the 
condition of each and every engine. owned or used by said person, 
firm or corporation and shall also file a copy of said certificate 
with the board of public works. 

Sec. 4. Every person, firm or corporation, owning or using any 
steam engine or boiler within the city of Spokane shall pay to the 
person inspecting the same, at the time of making said inspection, 
the sum of two dollars ($2.50) and fifty cents for each and every 
engine or boiler inspected by him. And if any one of said engines 
or boilers is condemned or pronounced dangerous or unsafe by 
said inspector, said owners or the person using the same shall 
immediately cause the same to be put in a good and safe condition, 
and any failure to immediately repair the same shall be a misde- 
meanor, and the person guilty thereof, upon conviction, shall be 
fined no less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than fifty ($50) 
dollars and all costs of prosecution; and the board of public works 
shall cause the same to be put in good, safe and proper condition 
at the expense of such owner or person using the same. 

Sec. 5. All fees received by said inspector shall be for his use, 
and in lieu of any salary or compensation from the city of Spokane. 

Sec. 6. All persons running or operating steam engines or 
steam boilers, as engineers, within the city of Spokane, shall first 
obtain from the board of public works a permit to run and operate 
steam engines and boilers, and also license as hereinafter provided ; 
that no permit shall be granted to any person or said purposes until 
he shall have been examined by some competent person possessing 
the qualifications necessary to inspect steam engines and steam 
boilers, as required in this ordinance, and by said examiner recom- 
mended by said board of public works as suitable and competent 
to run and operate as engineer steam engines or steam boilers; 



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provided that said engineer shall be able to read and write and 
shall not be addicted to the habitual use of intoxicating liquors. 

Sec. 7. Every engineer must personally appear before said ex- 
aminer for examination, and must understand the different parts of 
steam engines and steam boilers, and be able to explain their use 
and mechanical movements and the method of putting them in 
operation and the regulating of their action and guarding against 
danger, and must understand the valve motion of steam engines 
in general use and be competent to properly set a slide valve and 
to reverse stationary engines; and must understand the care and 
management of steam boilers, the effects of incrustation and 
scale and the most practical method of preventing and removing 
the same, and must be able to explain the general causes of 
derangement in the operation of boiler feed pumps, and the most 
practical method of preventing and remedying the same. 

Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the board of public works to 
designate and direct the maximum steam pressure to be carried in 
any boiler within the city of Spokane, and any engineer who shall 
carry a greater pressure of steam than directed by the board of 
public works shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
thereof, shall be fined in any sum not more than fifty ($50) dollars, 
nor less than ten ($10) dollars and the costs of prosecution. 

Sec 9. Every applicant for examination as engineer as afore- 
said shall pay to the examiner a fee of fifty cents for his own use 
in lieu of any other salary or compensation to said examiner by 
the city of Spokane. 

Sec 10. Every person receiving a permit from the board of 
public works to run or operate a steam engine or boiler before 
acting as said engineer shall pay to the city treasurer of the city 
of Spokane, a semi-annual license fee of one ($1.00) dollar and no 
license shall be granted for a less period; and upon presenting the 
treasurer's receipts for the same and the permit from the board of 
public works* to the comptroller said comptroller shall issue a license 
to run and operate a steam engine or steam boiler for the term of 
six months from the date of said treasurer's receipt. And said 
engineer shall give his entire time and attention to the engine and 
boiler under his control while it is in active operation. 

Sec 11. All engineers shall instruct all night watchmen or other 
person or persons whose duty it may be to get up steam, as to their 
duty and practical mode of procedure, but no night watchman or 



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other person not a licensed engineer shall be permitted by reason 
of this clause to continuously operate any steam engine or boiler 
to which this ordinance applies. 

Sec. 12. All engineers shall display their certificates and license 
in a conspicuous place in their engine room and produce the same 
whenever requested by a member of the board of public works or 
any member of the police force of the city, or anybody authorized 
by the board of public works to inspect steam engines. 

Sec. 13. All persons desiring to obtain a license to run and 
operate steam engines and steam boilers shall request in writing the 
board of public works for a permit, and shall accompany said request 
with his certificate of qualifications as engineer, if any he has, 
and if he has none, then said request shall so inform the said board, 
and said board may designate some suitable person, possessing the 
qualifications required herein to inspect boilers and engines to 
examine said applicant. 

Sec. 14. That any company, corporation, association or individ- 
ual doing business within the city limits of Spokane who shall 
employ any person who is not properly qualified, as herein provided 
for, to run, operate, or take charge of any steam engine or steam 
boiler to which this ordinance applies, shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any 
sum not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars nor less than 
twenty-five ($25) dollars and costs of prosecution for each and 
every offense. 

Sec 15. That any person who shall run, operate or take charge 
of any steam engine or steam boiler, to which this ordinance applies, 
who is not duly qualified and licensed according to the provisions 
herein set forth, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty- 
five ($25) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, or 
imprisonment at the rate of two dollars per day until such fine is 
paid; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be so 
construed as to prevent any properly qualified engineer from plac- 
ing any person having a reasonable knowledge of steam engines and 
steam boilers in temporary charge of his engine or boiler during his 
absence. 

Sec. 16. That to prevent any unnecessary interruption of busi- 
ness by reason of this ordinance, when a licensed engineer cannot 
be procured, the board of public works may, when so requested, 



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place any person who in their judgment may have a reasonable 
knowledge of steam engineering in charge of any steam engine or 
boiler, but in no case for a longer period than six days. The said 
board shall make a record of the same giving the name of such 
person and by whom employed. 

Sec. 17. That nothing in this ordinance shall apply to locomotive 
engines or boilers. 

Sec. 18. Ail ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here- 
with are hereby repealed. 

TACOMA, WASH, 

1. There is hereby created the office of Boiler Inspector, whose 
duties shall be as hereinafter described. 

2. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to appoint a suitable person 
as Boiler Inspector to hold office during the pleasure of the mayor. 
The boiler inspector shall be a well qualified, practical and experi- 
enced mechanical engineer, and he shall take the usual oath of office 
before entering upon the discharge of his duties. He shall not be in- 
terested directly or indirectly in the manufacture, ownership, or 
agency of or for steam boilers or articles pertaining thereto. 

3. All steam boilers and steam generating apparatus operated in 
the city of Tacoma shall be inspected and tested once each year by 
the boiler inspector, which inspection and testing shall be according 
to the rules and regulations of the United States Marine Laws and 
when upon such inspecting and testing the boiler inspector shall find 
any such boiler or apparatus in good and safe condition for opera- 
tion, he shall certify to such fact and issue a permit for the opera- 
tion thereof covering the period of one year from the date of such 
inspection, which permit shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place 
in the room where the boiler is located, and no person shall cause 
to be used any such boiler or apparatus unless inspected and a 
permit is granted therefor, as herein provided. 

4. The provisions of this ordinance relative to the inspection and 
testing of steam boilers and apparatus shall not apply to boilers and 
apparatus used in private dwellings for heating purposes only, in 
which the steam pressure does not exceed ten pounds per square 
inch nor to any steam boiler or apparatus while the same is insured 
in a reliable boiler insurance company, and a certificate to that fact 
has been filed with the boiler inspector, nor to any marine boiler or 
apparatus nor to railway locomotives. 



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5. The boiler inspector shall be entitled to charge and receive 
a fee of three dollars for each inspection and test of a steam boiler 
or generating apparatus, and one dollar additional when he uses 
or applies the hydraulic test, which however he shall not be required 
to use or apply unless requested so to do by the owner of the boiler 
or his agent. 

6. In the event that any person interested shall deem himself 
aggrieved by the decision of the boiler inspector in refusing to grant 
a permit, they may appeal from his decision, by filing with the mayor 
a brief statement in writing of their grievances, and the mayor shall 
thereupon appoint three disinterested experienced engineers to 
investigate the matter. Said engineers upon taking an oath to render 
a fair and impartial decision in the matter, shall promptly proceed 
to an investigation, and render their decision in writing, and file 
the same with the inspector, who shall thereupon grant or refuse a 
permit according to said decision, which shall be final. 

7. The mayor shall appoint to hold office during his pleasure and 
without compensation, two persons, who shall be experienced and 
well qualified mechanical engineers, who shall in conjunction with 
the boiler inspector, constitute a board of examiners to examine 
applicants for licenses under this ordinance, and make recommenda- 
tions thereon to the city council as hereinafter provided. Said 
examiners shall take the usual oath of office before entering upon the 
discharge of their duties. 

8. No person shall use, operate or cause to be used or operated 
any steam boiler or steam generating apparatus in the city of 
Tacoma, unless the same be in direct charge and control at all times 
while in operation, of an experienced person holding a license of 
the proper class under the provisions of this ordinance, which license 
shall at all times be kept posted in a conspicuous place in the room 
in which this engine or boiler is situated in charge of the person 
named in said license as licensee. 

9. No person shall engage in the business, employment or occupa- 
tion of a stationary engineer, or take or have charge or control of 
the operation of any steam boiler or steam generating apparatus in 
the city of Tacoma, unless he shall have procured and hold a license 
therefor of the proper class under the provisions of this ordinance. 

10. Any person desiring to procure a license as a stationary 
engineer may apply for the same to the boiler inspector, which 
application shall be upon a blank to be furnished by the inspector 



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for that purpose. He shall then be examined as to his qualifications 
as a stationary engineer, and at his earliest convenience the boiler 
inspector shall convene the examining board, which board shall 
proceed to examine the applicant touching his knowledge and 
practical experience as a stationary engineer. At the conclusion of 
such examination the examining board shall forthwith transmit to 
the city council of the city of Tacoma all papers used in such ex- 
amination, including all questions and answers given, together with 
their recommendation as to the qualification of the applicant. 

11. At its earliest convenience following the making of said certi- 
cate and recommendation, the city council shall act upon the same, 
and in their discretion grant or refuse the license, and cause record of 
their action to be made in the minutes. Should the council decide 
to grant the license they shall direct the city clerk to issue to the 
applicant a license of such class as they find him entitled to for the 
period of one year, upon his paying to the city treasurer a fee of 
two dollars and presenting a receipt therefor to the city clerk. 

12. Upon the expiration of a license, the board of examiners may 
in their discretion, recommend a renewal of the same without fur- 
ther examination of the applicant, for a period of one year, and 
thereupon the city council may order a renewal of the same upon the 
payment of a fee of one dollar to the city treasurer and presenting 
a receipt therefor to the city clerk. 

13. The licenses granted under this ordinance shall be classified 
as follows: 

First class or chief engineer and a holder of a license of the first 
class shall be entitled to take entire charge and control of the opera- 
tion of any steam plant in the city of Tacoma. 

Second class or assistant engineer and the holder of a license of 
the second class shall be entitled to take entire charge and control 
of the operation of any steam plant in the city of Tacoma not exceed- 
ing one hundred and fifty boiler horse power or may act as assistant 
engineer to the chief engineer of any steam plant in the city of 
Tacoma. 

Third class engineer and the holder of a license of the third class 
shall be entitled to take entire charge and control of the operation 
of any steam plant in the city of Tacoma not exceeding fifty boiler 
horse power or may act as assistant engineer to an engineer of the 
second class or may act as second assistant engineer to an engineer 
of the first class. 



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Fourth class or special engineer, and the holder of a license of 
the fourth class shall be entitled to take entire charge and control 
of a particular steam plant for which the same is granted and 
which plant must be designated in the license. 

14. This ordinance shall have no application to a marine or 
locomotive engineer nor to persons having charge of steam boilers 
or apparatus used in private dwellings for heating purposes only in 
which the steam pressure does not exceed ten pounds per square 
inch while in operation. 

15. In case the owner or user of any steam plant shall be deprived 
of the services of a licensed engineer he may procure an experienced 
and careful person for a time not exceeding ten days to operate said 
plant without either himself or said person being subject to the 
penalties provided for the violation of this ordinance. 

16. All fines and license fees collected under this ordinance shall 
be paid into the general expense fund of the city and all moneys 
received by the boiler inspector for his services in inspecting boilers 
shall be retained by him as his compensation in full for all his 
services. 

17. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this 
ordinance shall upon conviction therefor, be punished by a fine not 
exceeding fifty dollars. 

18. All owners and users of steam boilers and steam generating 
apparatus who have had the same inspected under the provisions 
of this ordinance shall not be required to have same again inspected 
until one year after said inspection, and all engineers holding licenses 
under this ordinance shall not be again required to procure a license 
until the expiration of their said license. 

19. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith 
are hereby repealed. 

Amended : 

1. There is hereby created the office of inspector of licenses for 
stationary engineers and the city boiler inspector is ex-officio such 
inspector. 

2. It shall be the duty of such inspector to see that all ordinances 
relating to stationary engineers and the licensing of the same are 
strictly enforced. 

3. He shall also make a complaint to the judge of the municipal 
court of the violating of such ordinance. 

4. Said inspector shall serve without compensation. 



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TERRE HAUTE, IND. 

Section i. There shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to the 
confirmation of the City Council, three inspectors, who shall con- 
stitute the examining Board, and who shall have had at least ten 
(10) years' practical experience operating steam engines and boilers 
and steam generating apparatus. 

Sec. 2. Any person having had three (3) years' experience in 
stationary engineering, making application for license, the examin- 
ing board would have authority to issue license to applicant on 
strength of proof given by two citizens and free-holders of the City 
of Terre Haute ; providing the applicant could pass an oral examina- 
tion that would demonstrate his practical ability to said examining 
board. 

Sec. 3. Said Board of Examiners shall be provided with suitable 
quarters by the City of Terre Haute ; said board shall make from 
time to time such rules and regulations for its government, and that 
of its employes, if any, as may be deemed proper and desirable, not 
inconsistent, however, with the provisions of this ordinance, and 
the general law. Said board or a majority thereof shall hold 
sessions of such duration as may be deemed requisite, between the 
hours of 9 a. m. and 10 p. m., for the purpose of examining and 
determining the qualifications of applicants for license for engineers 
and for persons having charge of steam boilers as provided herein. 

Sec. 4. Any person having had one (1) year's experience, or 
who is technically qualified, can upon passing an examination that 
is satisfactory to examining board, whether it be oral or in writing, 
receive a certificate of license; providing two (2) citizen freeholders 
recommend such person as to his general good character. 

Sec 5. The Board of Examiners, or a majority thereof, shall 
have power to examine into the qualifications of applicants, to grant 
licenses, and for just cause to suspend or revoke the same. Every 
application for license must be made on a printed blank furnished 
by the Board of Examiners, and that for an engineer must be 
accompanied by a fee of Two Dollars ($2.00), and that for a boiler 
or water tender must be accompanied by a fee of One Dollar ($1.00.) 

Sec. 6. An applicant for an engineer's license must be a machinist, 
or engineer having at least one (1) year's experience practically 
in the management, operation, or construction of steam engines or 
boilers. An applicant for a boiler tender's license must have a 
thorough knowledge practically, of the construction, management, 



126 Report of License Committee 

and operation of steam boilers. Each applicant must state upon the 
blank furnished by the examining board the extent of his experience : 
must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age, a citizen of the 
United States or having declared his intention to become such, 
must be of temperate habits and good general character, all of 
which must be vouched for in writing by at least two (2) citizens 
of Terre Haute, who shall be freeholders, or may be verified under 
oath by the applicant when required by the Board of examiners. 

Sec. 7. The board shall have power to suspend or revoke the 
license of an engineer, or a boiler or water tender who permits his 
engines or boilers to be operated in an unsafe condition, and who 
fails to report the unsafe condition of his machinery at once to his 
employer and to the Board of Examiners of the City of Terre Haute. 
No license, however, shall be revoked or suspended without giving 
the accused party an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. 
When the license of an engineer or boiler or water tender shall be 
revoked, no license shall be issued to the same person for the first 
offense for a period of thirty (30) days. For any offense thereafter 
his license shall be permanently revoked, and then only upon full 
compliance with the conditions and provisions prescribed for an 
original license. In case of suspension or revocation of a license, the 
fee thereof shall be forfeited to the city. 

Sec. 8. Every certificate or license issued to an engineer or boiler 
or water tender shall be signed by a majority of the Board of Exam- 
iners, sealed with an imprint of the board's seal, and attested by the 
Clerk. 

Sec 9. If any member of the board of Examiners, or any person 
or employe connected therewith, shall at any time or under any pre- 
tense whatever, himself or through any other person or persons 
receive, or cause to be received any money, gift or other valuable 
thing or consideration, except as herein provided, for the purpose of 
officially favoring any applicant, or for the purpose of deceiv- 
ing or defrauding any person, or persons, or shall issue a 
license authorizing any person, or persons, to act as engineer 
or boiler or water tender without first having examined and found 
him qualified for such service in accordance with the provisions and 
conditions of this ordinance, then in such case, the member or mem- 
bers of the board or other persons so offending shall be removed 
from office by the Mayor; and ever afterwards be debarred from 
holding any position, official or otherwise, in the service of the City 



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of Terre Haute. Any applicant who shall himself or through any 
other person, offer or cause to be offered any money or other valuable 
consideration to said board, or any member thereof, or any person 
connected therewith for any official act or favor, shall ever after be 
debarred from receiving any license under this ordinance. 

Sec. 10. Xo steam engine or boiler subject to the provisions of 
this ordinance shall be used, managed or operated in the City of 
Terre Haute, except by an engineer or boiler or water tender as 
provided herein, and who shall have been duly licensed as provided 
herein, and who shall have and exhibit a certificate thereof. Any 
person who shall take charge of or manage or operate any steam 
engine or boiler or any portion of a steam plant within the City of 
Terre Haute without a proper and valid license as provided by this 
ordinance, shall for each and every offense be subject to a fine of 
not less than twenty dollars ( $20.00) nor more than fifty dollars 
($50.00.) And any person, agent, firm, corporation, or company 
owning or controlling any steam engine, boiler, or other steam plant, 
who shall authorize or permit any person or persons without a 
proper and valid license as required herein to take charge of, or to 
manage, or to operate, any steam engine or boiler, or any portion 
of a steam plant, shall for each and every offense, be subject to a 
fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), nor more than one hun- 
dred dollars ($100.00), and each day's violation of the terms of 
this ordinance or any of them shall constitute a separate offense. 

Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of the Board of Examiners to see 
that each boiler plant in the City of Terre Haute shall have a licensed 
engineer, or boiler or water tender, or both, as provided herein in 
charge of at all times when working under pressure, whose certi- 
ficate of qualification shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in 
the engine and boiler-room, and each engineer and boiler and water 
tender shall devote his entire time while boilers are working under 
pressure, to the duties of the plant under his charge. Any person 
who has charge of a steam boiler whose duty it is to keep up the 
water in such boiler shall be deemed a boiler or water tender, within 
the meaning of this ordinance, but the provisions hereof for the 
examination, licensing and regulation of boiler or water tenders, 
shall only apply to boiler or water tenders, who are in charge of a 
steam boiler, or boilers which are detached from the engine room, 
or so far removed therefrom, or otherwise circumstanced or located 



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so as to render it difficult for the engineer in charge of the plant to 
give it or them his personal attention and supervision. 

Sec. 12. Every engineer licensed under this ordinance shall within 
the first ten (10) days of January and July, respectively, of each year, 
make a written report to the Board of Examiners of the condition 
of the engines, boilers and steam generating apparatus comprising 
the plant under his charge. And every boiler or water tender shall 
at the same time make to said Board of Examiners a similar report 
of the condition of the boiler or boilers and steam apparatus under 
his charge, all additions or changes made in any plant must be re- 
ported by the engineer or boiler or water tender to the Board of 
Examiners within ten (10) days thereafter. 

Sec. 13. Engineers in charge of locomotives shall be exempt 
from the provisions of this ordinance, and all boilers used for 
heating private dwellings, hot houses, conservatories, and other 
boilers carrying not more than ten (10) pounds pressure per 
square inch of steam, and the person or persons operating them 
shall be exempt from the provisions of this ordinance. The police 
are instructed to report all infractions of this ordinance coming to 
their notice. 

Sec. 14. Said board hereby created shall not in its expenditures 
exceed the amount received from license fees. They shall quarterly 
and yearly make a written report under oath to the City Comptroller 
of all receipts and expenditures, and pay over to the City of Terre 
Haute all balances in their hands. The salary of the Board of 
Examiners shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year each. 
In case the receipts from the license fees shall be insufficient to pay 
above salaries, and the legitimate expenses of said board, their 
salaries above mentioned shall be diminished pro rata to the amount 
of the deficiency. 

YONKERS, N. Y. 

Section 156. The use of steam boilers, except as authorized by 
this article, is hereby prohibited, and no person shall use, or permit 
any other person to use, a steam boiler until the same shall have been 
duly inspected and the use thereof permitted and licensed, as in this 
article provided; nor for a longer time than authorized by license, 
as hereinafter provided; nor beyond the time authorized in such 
license, nor after such license shall have been revoked. 

Sec 157. No person shall operate, manage or run a steam engine 



National Association of Stationary Engineers. 129 

or boiler except such person as shall have been examined and li- 
censed so to do under the provisions of this article. 

Sec. 158. There shall be an Inspector of Engines and of Steam 
Boilers, and two Examiners of Engineers, who shall be nominated 
and with the consent of the Common Council appointed by the 
Mayor. The said Inspector shall be a practical machinist and En- 
gineer of at least five years' practice and experience and fully ac- 
quainted with the applied philosophy of steam. The said Examiners 
shall each be practical engineers, not having charge of any engine 
or boiler in the city. The term of office of said Inspector and Ex- 
aminers shall begin upon the first day of October. They shall 
severally hold their office one year, and until their successors are 
appointed and shall have qualified. The provisions of Section 11 
of Title 11 of the Charter of the City shall apply to said officers. 
The penalty of the bond required from said Inspector shall be two 
hundred and fifty dollars. 

Sec. 159. The said Inspector shall be a resident of the City, and 
the title of his office shall be: "The Inspector of Engineers and of 
Steam Boilers of the City of Yonkers," and the title of the office of 
said Examiners shall be: "Examiners of Engineers of the City of 
Yonkers." The said Examiners shall be entitled to no fee or com- 
pensation, and the said Inspector shall receive no other compensa- 
tion than is prescribed in this article. The said Inspector and 
Examiners shall constitute a board of Examiners for the examina- 
tion of all applicants for examination and license as engineers under 
the provisions of this article, and the said Inspector shall keep a 
record of all engineers examined by such Board of Examiners, 
specifying* in all cases the name of the person examined, the date 
of the examination and the particulars of the examination, and the 
date of any license granted on such examination, and of all renewals 
thereof, and of any other matter or thing with reference to such 
examination and license and to the person licensed which he shall 
think proper for the protection of the public. He also shall keep 
a record of all boilers inspected, the manner and time of the inspec- 
tion, the owners' names and the place of inspection, a description of 
such boilers and of the attachments and appliances thereof, the 
date and particulars of any license granted for any such boiler and 
of any changes authorized to be made in any such boiler or its 
appliances, and the steam pressure desired by the owner and the 
amount of steam pressure authorized. He shall keep an accurate 



130 Report of License Committee 

account of all fees by him received. He shall make to the Common 
Council, on the first day of May, August, November and February, 
of each year, reports showing the names of persons licensed as 
engineers and the number of their licenses respectively, when issued, 
and the reason why not granted when a license is refused; of the 
boilers inspected, the names of the owner and the location of the 
boilers, the number of the licenses of such boilers, respectively 
when issued, and the reason why not licensed when a license shall 
have been refused; the fees by him received and from whom 
received, and he shall at the same time report the condition of 
steam boilers in the city, specifying imperfections in boilers and 
derelections of engineers or persons in charge, and making such 
other suggestions as will tend to the safety of life and property in 
the use of steam. He also, from time to time, and as often as it 
shall occur, report in writing to the Mayor all violations of this 
article. Said Inspector at the expiration of his term of office, or 
when suspended from office, shall deliver to the City Clerk all 
records, books, papers, and other property belonging to the city. 

Sec. 160. The said Inspector shall annually inspect all steam 
boilers set up or to be set up, used or to be used, in said city, and 
in all appliances connected therewith, and test the same. He shall 
do so at such times as shall interfere as little as possible with the 
business connected with the use of steam generated in such boilers. 
He shall give reasonable notice of the day and hour of day when 
he will make such inspection and test, by notice in writing to be 
delivered to any person found in charge of any such boiler. The 
strength and security of such boilers shall be tested by hydrostatic 
pressure or otherwise, and he shall limit the pressure of steam to 
be applied to or upon such boilers respectively. In limiting the 
amount of pressure, whenever the boiler under test will bear the 
same, the limit desired by the owner shall be allowed and licensed 
by the Inspector. 

Sec. 161. In case any steam boiler or the appliances or apparatus 
connected therewith shall be deemed by said Inspector, after inspec- 
tion and license, to be insecure or dangerous, he shall prescribe in 
writing to the owner such changes and alterations as may render 
such boilers, apparatus and appliances secure and devoid of danger, 
and in the meanwhile, and until such changes and alterations are 
made, and such appliances attached, such boiler, apparatus and 
appliances may be taken under his control, and all persons are 



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hereby prohibited from using the same except under such con- 
ditions and restrictions as the said Inspector may prescribe in 
writing. 

Sec. 162. The hydrostatic pressure applied by such Inspector 
in testing any steam boiler shall in no case exceed the limit of 
elasticity of the iron of which it is made. When the elasticity of 
the iron of which the boiler is made shall have been ascertained by 
the officers of the United States Government, and is known, such 
shall be the assumed strength of the iron; when not so ascertained 
and known the limit of elasticity assumed shall not exceed 9,220 
pounds of pressure per square inch of a section when double riveted 
by machine, or 8,925 pounds per square inch when double riveted 
by hand, and 8,180 pounds per square inch when single riveted. 

Sec. 163. No person shall subject or permit any other person 
to subject any boiler to a higher steam pressure than that specified 
for its use in the license to be issued, which shall in no case exceed 
seventy-five per cent, of the hydrostatic pressure applied on the 
inspection. 

Sec. 164. No steam boiler shall be used which shall not have 
a safety valve of sufficient area to carry off steam as fast as genera- 
ted, and attached thereto an escape pipe of like area leading direct 
to the open atmosphere. No boiler shall be used which shall not 
have some sufficient and appropriate appliance for supplying it 
with water when the engine is not in operation. No boiler shall 
be used without a one and a quarter inch cock attached thereto 
and which shall not have three or more gauge cocks, also a glass 
water gauge, all properly affixed in the proper places and in good 
working order. No person shall use or cause to be* used, or permit 
to be used, any steam boiler in said City not so provided, and no 
person shall load, lock or hamper the safety valve of any boiler so 
that steam applied to the limit of pressure will not freely escape 
therefrom. The said Inspector is hereby authorized and em- 
powered, after having inspected and tested, as in this article pro- 
vided, any steam boiler, to issue to the owner of such boiler a 
license under his hand, licensing and permitting the use of such 
boiler, which shall, after such inspection and test, have been found 
by him safe for use. Such license shall, as near as may be, describe 
the boiler inspected, tested and licensed, the name of the owner, 
the date when inspected and tested, the number of pounds per square 
inch to which subjected, the number of pounds pressure of steam 



132 Report Of License Committee 

desired as the limit by the owner, the number of pounds per square 
inch permitted and authorized, the time during which such boiler 
may be used under such license, not exceeding one year, and the 
day when such license shall expire; such license shall also particu- 
larly show how and in what manner provided as to all the particu- 
lars required in this article. All such licenses shall be numbered 
consecutively. Such licenses shall in all cases be conspicuously 
displayed at all times in the engine or boiler room. 

Sec. 165. No such license shall be used on any other boiler than 
the one for which it was issued. 

Sec. 166. If any boiler shall be removed or reset after any such 
inspection or test, such act of removal or resetting shall work the 
revocation of the license. 

Sec. 167. After a boiler shall have been inspected and tested no 
change shall be made therein, or in the setting thereof, without 
notice to such Inspector in writing of the intention to do so, and 
the change or addition authorized by him by endorsement thereof 
upon the license already issued. 

Sec. 168.. No person shall, without a certificate of qualification 
or license, to be issued by said Inspector, as in this article pro- 
vided, operate, manage or run any steam engine or boiler, within 
said city, and then only while license shall be of force. 

Sec. 169. No person having charge or control of any steam 
engine or boiler, either as owner, superintendent or employe, shall 
employ, engage, authorize or permit any person to operate, manage 
or run any steam engine or boiler, except a person having a cer- 
tificate of qualification and license, to be issued as in this article 
provided, and onfy when such license is in force. 

Sec 170. It shall be the duty of the aforesaid Board of Ex- 
aminers to examine all persons proposing to operate, manage or 
run steam engines or boilers, and to certify the qualifications of 
such as they shall find competent, and to license such persons to 
operate, manage and run steam engines or boilers either as first 
or second class engineers, as in section 171 provided. The said 
Inspectors and Examiners shall, within ten days after they shall 
be appointed and have qualified, publish a notice for two weeks 
successively, in the official city newspapers, of a time and place when 
and where they will attend, to receive engineers, and at such time 
and place they shall attend and sit as a Board of Examiners and 
then receive such applications, make such examinations, and con- 



National -Association of Stationary Engineers. 133 

tiniie the same from time to time, without delay, until they shall 
have completed the examination of all who shall then apply, and 
thereafter they shall attend and examine all other persons applying 
for such examination and license, at such time and place as they shall 
appoint, not more than ten days after the receipt by them of any 
application for such examination. Persons desiring such examina- 
tion shall apply to said Inspector in writing, specifying in full their 
names, place of residence, by street number, if possible, their pres- 
ent employment, the length of time of their employment as en- 
gineers, the places where employed for one year last past and by 
whom employed, and the names of at least three residents of the 
said city acquainted with their habits or sobriety. Such applica- 
tions may be made to said Inspector, upon receiving any such appli- 
cation in writing, forthwith to notify the said Examiners thereof, 
and to agree with them upon the time and place for such examina- 
tion, and to notify the applicant thereof. 

Sec. 171. Every person examined for certificate and license as 
an engineer shall be examined by said Board of Examiners as to 
his knowledge of the mechanism of steam machinery and the con- 
struction thereof, his mechanical skill, general knowledge and 
experience, and his habits of sobriety. There shall be two classes 
of license one to first-class engineers, and one to second-class en- 
gineers. To all such persons as shall satisfactorily show by such 
examinations, their qualifications and competency to manage, oper- 
ate and run a steam engine or boiler, without hazard to life and 
property, the said Inspector is hereby authorized and required 
forthwith to issue a certificate of qualification and license, which 
shall be signed by said Inspector and countersigned by said 
Examiners. Such license shall specify the class in which the per- 
son to whom it is issued is granted, either as first or as second- 
class engineer. No license except to a first-class engineer, shall 
authorize such person to operate, run or manage a steam engine, 
or boiler, when the engine, if any is connected therewith, shall be 
in operation. The license to a second-class engineer shall only 
authorize the person to whom it is issued to have charge of a steam 
boiler when not connected with any engine, or when the engine 
connected therewith shall not be running or in operation. All 
such licenses shall be for one year from the date thereof. Such 
licenses may be renewed by said Board of Examiner, for a like 
period by appropriate endorsement thereon. No such certificate 



134 Report of License Committee 

and license shall be issued to any person if it appears to said Board 
of Examiners that such person lacks natural capacity, mechanical 
skill, knowledge or experience, or is unfitted by habits of insobriety, 
to perform his duties with safety to life and property ; and for like 
reasons a renewal of any license granted must be refused when 
such Board shall so determine, and upon satisfactory information 
to said Board of Examiners of any such deficiency, such Board may 
revoke any such license granted. 

Sec. 172. Any person feeling himself aggrieved by any decision, 
order or ruling of said Inspector or Board of Examiners, may 
appeal therefrom to the Mayor of said city by filing w T ith the City 
Clerk a notice in writing of such appeal, and paying to the City 
Clerk the sum of ten dollars. S.uch notice shall specify the decision, 
order or ruling appealed from, and the reason why the same is 
claimed to be wrong or erroneous. The City Clerk shall forthwith 
notify the Mayor of such appeal, who shall within twenty-four 
hours thereafter attend, at the City Clerk's office, to hear and decide 
such appeal, and he shall notify the appellant and said Inspector 
and said Board of Examiners, and shall obtain such other advice 
as to the matter as he may deem proper, and he may affirm, reverse 
or modify the decision, order or ruling of said Inspector or Board 
of Examiners, by his order in writing, to be filed without delay 
with the City Clerk, and the said Inspector or said Board of Exam- 
iners shall fortwhith proceed to carry out and enforce such order 
of the Mayor. In case any such order, decision or ruling of said 
Inspector or said Board of Examiners be wholly reversed by the 
Mayor, the money paid by such appellant to the Clerk shall be re- 
turned to the appellant. 

Sec. 173. When any steam boiler shall have been inspected and 
insured by any insurance company organized and authorized by 
law to insure steam boilers, and a certificate of inspection and of 
insurance thereof shall have been issued and delivered by such 
company to the owners thereof, such certificate of inspection and of 
insurance shall by the owner of such boiler be presented to the 
said Inspector of Engineers and Boilers, at or before the time 
fixed by the said Inspector for the inspection and testing of said 
boiler, and in the notice prescribed in Section 160 of this Article, 
shall state the fact that he has such certificate of inspection and 
insurance, and if the said Inspector of Engineers and Boilers shall 
approve of such certificate, and of the company issuing the same, 



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and of the manner of the inspection and the results thereof, as 
stated therein, he shall write upon .the face of the certificate the 
word "approved," and sign and date the same, and he may there- 
upon issue a license for such boiler, without actual inspection and 
testing, stating in such license the matters above required to be 
stated in such license, obtaining his information of such matters 
from such certificate, where such certificate shall state such facts, 
and he shall in such license state the fact of such boilers not being 
actually inspected and tested by him because of such certificate 
of inspection and insurance. When such certificate of inspection 
and insurance does not state all the matters necessary to be stated 
in such license, he shall obtain such facts from actual examination 
or inspection or testing as the case may be. 

Sec. 174. Any person violating any provision of the foregoing 
sections 156 and 165 of this article shall forfeit and pay a penalty 
of one hundred dollars for each and every such violaton, and when 
the violation shall be continued from day to day a further penalty 
of one hundred dollars for each and every day such violation shall 
be continued. 

Sec. 175. Any person violating any of the provisions of the fore- 
going sections 161, 163, 164 and 167 of this article shall forfeit 
and pay a penalty of fifty dollars for each and every such viola- 
tion, and when the violation shall be continued from day to day, a 
further penalty of fifty dollars for each and every day such viola- 
tion shall be continued. 

Sec. 176. Any person violating any of the provisions of the 
foregoing sections 157, 168 and 169 of this ordinance shall forfeit 
and pay a penalty # of twenty-five dollars for each and every such 
violation, and when the violation shall be continued from day to day 
a further penalty of twenty-five dollars for each and every day 
such violation shall be continued. 

Sec. 177. The Inspector of Engineers and Steam Boilers shall 
collect and receive the following fees, all of which shall be paid 
before the performance of the particular service for which the fee 
is charged. 

1. For the examination of a steam engineer, the sum of two 
dollars, to include the fee for certificate and license to, be granted 
when the person shall be found qualified, and for every endorse- 
ment of renewal of such license the sum of fifty cents. 

2. For inspecting and testing a single steam boiler, five dollars. 



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and when two or more steam boilers are connected with the same 
engine and may be and are inspected and tested at the same time, 
the sum of three dollars for each boiler after the first. When the 
inspection of such additional steam boilers may not be made at the 
same time with the first boiler, five dollars for such additional 
boiler. The foregoing to include the fee for the license to be issued 
to authorize the use of such boiler. 

3. For inspecting a certificate of inspection and insurance of 
a steam boiler issued by an insurance company and issuing a license 
for such boiler, one dollar, and for making any further necessary 
examination of a boiler, to ascertain facts not stated in such cer- 
tificate, the further sum of one dollar. 

4. The said Inspector shall pay over to the City Treasurer one- 
quarter of all such fees and the balance shall be retained by him 
to his own use. 

Sec. 178. This ordinance shall not apply to railroad locomotives 
used as such, nor to boilers actually used for propelling steam 
vessels navigating the Hudson River, when the same shall have 
been inspected and licensed by the laws of the United States or in 
pursuance thereof. Nor shall this article apply to steam boilers 
solely used for heating purposes, nor to persons operating the same. 

FULTON COUNTY, OA. 

(INCLUDING ATLANTA.) 

Section i. Be it enacted by the GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
THE STATE OF GEORGIA, that the commissioners of roads 
and revenues for the county of Fulton may in their discretion elect 
a board to consist of three practical engineers to be known as, 
"THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF ENGINEERS." The 
term of office of the members of said board shall be three years; 
but at the first election one member shall be elected for one year, 
one member shall be elected for two years and one member shall 
be elected for three years, said commissioners shall act on the sub- 
ject of electing or appointing a board at the first regular meeting 
after the approval of this act, but if for any reason, such action 
should not be taken, said commissioners may act at subsequent 
meeting. 

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted that said board of examiners of 
engineers, when appointed, shall take and subscribe an oath before 
the Judge of the Superior court or ordinary of said county faithfully 



National Association of Stationary Engineers. 137 

and impartially to discharge their duties, said board upon taking 
oath and qualifying as aforesaid, shall organize and elect one of 
their number chairman and another secretary, and all official acts 
of the board shall be kept and recorded by the secretary in a book 
of minutes. 

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that said board of examiners of 
engineers shall give public notice of their organization, and of 
their time and place of meeting and shall notify all persons engaged 
in running or operating stationary engines or steam boilers in said 
county to come forward and obtain license before proceeding to 
further carry on such business or calling. 

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted that said board of examiners of 
stationary engineers shall have power to issue license to all en- 
gineers or assistant engineers who have heretofore been examined 
and licensed by any other board of similar kind or character in 
Fulton county ; but all new applicants and all who have not been 
examined by said board touching their competency and fitness to do 
the work as engineers or assistant engineers to run and operate any 
stationary engine or boiler in said county, said board may make 
rules and regulations for the examination of engineers and assist- 
ants which when approved by commissioners of roads and revenues 
for said county shall be of force and binding upon said board and 
all persons holding or applying for license under it. 

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted that no person shall run or operate 
any stationary steam engine or boiler in said county of Fulton 
without a license from the said board and no person shall employ 
or cause to be employed any engineer to run or operate a stationary 
engine or boiler in said county who has not secured a license as 
aforesaid. 

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted that any person who shall know- 
ingly employ or cause to be employed any person to run or operate 
a stationary engine or boiler, who has not been licensed by said 
board as a stationary engineer or assistant engineer or who shall 
continue to employ such person after notice that he has not been 
licensed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as pre- 
scribed in section 4310 of the code of Georgia. 

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted that any person who shall as 
engineer or assistant engineer operate and run or attempt to 
operate and run any stationary engine or boiler in said county 
without first having obtained license from said board of examiners 



138 Report of License Committee 

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be 
punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the code of Georgia. 

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted that said board of examiners of. 
engineers shall have the right to charge, with the approval of said 
commissioners of roads and revenues, a license fee, to be paid by all 
applicants and such fee shall be in lieu of all other compensation to 
said board. 

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted that said board of examiners shall 
make quarterly reports of all their acts and doings, to the commis- 
sioners of roads and revenue of said county and of all fees collected 
by them and the names of all persons licensed as engineers and as- 
sistants. 

RULES. 

1. Any person desiring to be examined for a license to run and 
operate steam boilers and stationary engines in Fulton county, shall 
make application in writing to the Board of Examiners of Engineers 
of said Fulton county, such application to be endorsed by three 
reputable citizens of this county, one of whom shall be a licensed 
engineer, said three citizens certifying to the good character and 
sober habits of the applicant, and that said applicant has had not 
less than one year's experience as an engineer, or one year's exper- 
ience as an apprentice under a licensed engineer, and no license 
shall be issued by said Board of Examiners to any one until after 
a full compliance with this rule. 

2. License* shall be granted to only such engineers as after a 
careful examination said Board of Examiners shall be satisfied 
are competent to have full charge of the class of engines and boilers 
covered by the license issued to them. 

3. Said Board of Examiners shall classify all licenses in ac- 
cordance with the character of the engines run by stationary engi- 
neers, from the plain slide valve engine to that employing the most 
difficult and complicated machinery. But the license must show on 
its face the character or class of same. 

4. Said Board of Examiners shall have the authority to issue 
licenses to assistant engineers, classifying them as above provided, 
and issue to the same only such license as may cover the character 
of the engine, which in their judgment, such assistant engineer is 
competent to have charge of, and then only when the chief engineer 
in charge of the same engine has a full license covering the class to 
which it belongs. Said chief engineer to be under the instructions 



National Association of Stationary Engineers. 139 

and guidance of his Board of Examiners to take charge thereof 
during the absence of the chief engineer in case of temporary sick- 
ness or other disability. 

5. All engineers and assistant engineers while in charge of 
an engine, holding licenses from said Board of Examiners, shall 
report in writing to said Board any accident that may occur to 
either the engine or boiler in his charge immediately after its oc- 
currence, furnishing a complete and detailed statement of the facts, 
including his opinion as to the cause of the accident. 

6. Whenever any engineer or assistant engineer has received a 
license of one class, and desires to be licensed in a higher class, or 
in the case of an assistant engineer to be licensed as chief engineer, 
he may make application to the Board of Examiners for that pur- 
pose, and after a re-examination, said engineer or assistant engineer 
may be granted such higher license, if in the opinion of said 
Board of Examiners he is competent to take charge of such engine 
as may be covered thereby. 

7. Said Board of Examiners shall have the authority, and it 
shall be their duty, to revoke any license granted, upon proof of 
negligence of duty or insobriety of any engineer or assistant en- 
gineer holding such license, or in case it shall be shown that said 
engineer is incompetent to have charge of the class of engine 
covered by his license, to reduce his license to a lower class. Proof 
of the facts to authorize a revocation or reduction of the license may 
be furnished to said Board of Examiners either in writing or orally, 
as they may determine. The accused engineer shall be furnished 
with a written copy of the charges at least five days prior to the 
hearing, in order that he may have opportunity to answer the 
same. When charges are preferred against any engineer or assist- 
ant engineer, the said Board of Examiners shall be authorized to at 
once revoke the license of such engineer, or assistant engineer, if it 
is not possible to serve him with a copy of charges, and shall also 
be authorized to revoke said license pending the hearing of said 
charges, provided in their judgment the public safety and service 
will be protected thereby. It shall also be the duty of the said Board 

of Examiners and its members, if they know of any good reason 
why a license after being issued should be revoked, to proceed 
in all other respects as if charges had been preferred by anyone 
else as above stated. 

8. Said Board of Examiners may from time to time, when 



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called upon by any engineer or assistant engineer to do so, furnish 
such instructions to such engineers as to improved appliances con- 
nected with the class of engines covered by his license, or upon 
other subjects useful to know in connection therewith, as they may 
see proper, with the view to educate and improve the standing of 
engineers in this county. 

9. Said Board of Examiners shall keep a full record of their 
proceedings, of the main questions and answers given to and re- 
ceived from any applicant for license appearing before them whether 
licensed or not, and also of the names of all engineers and assistant 
engineers whom they may license, as well as the names of those 
whom they reject, a copy of which record shall be filed by said 
Board of Examiners with the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners 
of Roads and Revenues of Fulton county, quarterly, on the first 
day of January, April, July and October, in each year. Said report 
to be filed in the office of the Commissioners of Roads and Revenues 
shall also include the number of accidents, if any, to engines and 
toilers which have occurred in the previous quarter, and their 
opinion as to the cause of the same, and shall contain such recom- 
mendations as said Board of Examiners may see fit to make. 

10. The failure on the part of the said Board of Examiners to 
keep the above record and file the above reports in accordance with 
these rules, shall subject the members of said Board of Examiners, 
or such of them as may be shown to be responsible therefor, to 
removal from office. 

11. When any person shall, after written notification from said 
Board of Examiners, continue to run or operate any stationary 
engine or boiler in Fulton county without a license from said 
Board of Examiners covering the class of engine which he has in 
charge, or whenever any person shall knowingly employ or cause 
to be employed any person to run or operate a stationary engine 
or boiler in Fulton county who has not been licensed by the said 
Board of Examiners, such person shall be prosecuted by said 
Board of Examiners under the criminal laws of this state. 

12. Each license issued by said Board of Examiners shall state 
that the same is issued and accepted subject to the rules and regu- 
lations of said Board. 

13. The said Board of Examiners shall receive a fee from 
each person examined by them for a license as either an engineer 
or assistant engineer, of Five Dollars ($5.00) in each case, which 



National Association of Stationary Engineers. 141 

fee shall be required to be paid prior to the examination of the ap- 
plicant and whether the license is issued to him or not. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

AN ACT TO REGULATE STEAM ENGINEERING IN THE DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America assembled, That it shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person to act as a steam engineer in the District of 
Columbia who shall not have been regularly licensed to do so by 
the Commissioners thereof. 

Sec 2. That all persons applying for such license shall be 
examined by a board of examiners composed as follows: The 
boiler inspector of the District of Columbia and two practical 
engineers to be appointed by the district commissioners. Said 
examination shall be conducted in all respects under such rules 
and regulations as the commissioners of the District of Colum- 
bia shall from time to time provide; and all steam boilers and 
engines shall be subjected to such tests as the said commis- 
sioners may prescribe. 

Sec 3. That applicants for license as steam engineers must 
be twenty-one years of age and of temperate habits, must make 
application in writing, to which application must be attached a 
certificate as to character and moral habits signed by at least 
three citizens of the District of Columbia, themselves of moral 
standing. 

Sec 4. The fee for a license as steam engineer shall be three 
dollars. 

Sec 5. That any person employed as a licensed steam 
engineer in the District of Columbia who is found under the in- 
fluence of intoxicating liquor while on duty, shall, for the first 
offense, have his license revoked for six months; for the second 
offense, twelve months; and for the third offense, shall have his 
license revoked and be debarred from following the occupation 
of licensed steam engineer in the District of Columbia for the 
period of five years. 

Sec 6. That any owner or lessee of steam boiler or engine, or 
the secretary of any corporation, who shall knowingly employ a 
steam engineer as such who has not been regularly licensed to 
act as such, shall be convicted thereof by the police court of the 



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District of Columbia, be fined fifty dollars, and in default of pay- 
ment of such fine shall be confined for a period of one month in 
the work-house of the District of Columbia; provided, that 
boilers used for steam heating, where the water returns to the 
boiler without the use of a pump and injector or inspirator, and 
which are worked automatically, shall be exempt from the pro- 
visions of this section. 

Sec. 7. That the foregoing section shall not apply to 
engineers who have been licensed by the United States govern- 
ment. 

Sec. 8. That this act shall take effect sixty days after the 
approval thereof. 

Approved, February 28, 1887. 

U. S. MARINE LAW. 

I. Before an original license is issued to any person to act as 
a master, mate, pilot, or engineer, he must personally appear before 
some local board or a supervising inspector for examination ; but 
upon the renewal of such license, when the distance from any local 
board or supervising inspector is such as to put the person holding 
the same to great inconvenience and expense to appear in person, 
he may, upon taking the oath of office before any person authorized 
to administer oaths, and forwarding the same, together with the 
license to be renewed, to the local board or supervising inspector of 
the district in which he resides or is employed, have the same re- 
newed by the said inspectors, if no valid reason to the contrary be 
known to them; and they shall attach such oath to the stub end 
of the license which is to be retained on file in their office : Provided, 
however, That any officer holding a license, and who is engaged 
in a service which necessitates his continuous absence from the 
United States, may make application in writing for one renewal 
and transmit the same to the board of local inspectors with a 
statement of the applicant, verified before a consul or other officer 
of the United States authorized to administer an oath, setting forth 
the reasons for not appearing in person, and upon receiving the 
same the board of local inspectors that originally issued such license 
shall renew the same for one additional term of such license, and 
shall notify the applicant of such renewal. 

The first license issued to any person by a United States in- 
spector shall be considered an original license, where the United 
States records show no previous issue to such applicant. 



National Association of Stationary Engineers. 143 

No original license shall be issued to any naturalized citizen on 
less experience in any grade than would have been required of an 
American by birth. 

2. All licenses hereafter issued to masters, mates, pilots, and 
engineers shall be filled out on the face with pen and black ink in- 
stead of typewritten. Inspectors are directed, when licenses are 
completed, to draw a broad pen and black ink mark through all 
unused spaces in the body thereof, so as to prevent, as far as pos- 
sible, illegal interpolation after issue. 

3. Licensed officers serving under five years' license, entitled 
by license and service to raise of grade, shall have issued to them 
new licenses for the grade for which they are qualified, the local 
inspectors to forward to the Supervising Inspector-General the old 
license when surrendered, with the report of the circumstances of 
the case. 

But the grade of no license shall be raised, except as hereinafter 
provided, unless the applicant can show one years' actual experience 
in the capacity for which he has been licensed. 

4. In case of loss of license, of any class, from any cause, the 
inspectors, upon receiving satisfactory evidence of such loss, shall 
issue a certificate to the owner thereof, which shall have the au- 
thority of the lost license for the unexpired term, unless in the 
meantime the holder thereof shall have the grade of his license 
raised after due examination ; in which case a license in due form 
for such grade may be issued. 

5. Inspectors shall, before granting an original license to any per- 
son to act as an officer of a vessel, require the applicant to make 
his written application upon the blank form authorized by the 
Board of Supervising Inspectors, which application shall be filed 
in the records of the Inspectors' office. Inspectors shall also, when 
practicable, require applicants for pilot's license to have the written 
indorsement of the master and engineer of the vessel upon which 
he has served, and of one licensed pilot, as to his qualifications. In 
case of applicants for original engineer's license, they shall also, 
when practicable, have the indorsement of the master and engineer 
of a vessel on which they have served, together with one other 
licensed engineer. 

6. No original master's, mate's, pilot's, or engineer's license 
shall be issued hereafter or grade increased except upon written 



144 Report of License Committee 

examination, which written examination shall be placed on file as 
records of the office of the inspectors issuing said license; and y 
before granting or renewing a license, inspectors shall satisfy them- 
selves that the applicants can properly hear the bell and whistle 
signals. 

7. Any applicant for license who has been duly examined and 
refused may come before any local board for reexamination after 
one year has expired. 

8. When any person makes application for license it shall be 
the duty of the local inspectors to give the applicant the required 
examination as soon as practicable. 

9. Any person who has served at least one year as master, 
commander, pilot, or engineer of any steam vessel of the United 
States in any service in which a license as master, mate, pilot, or 
engineer was not required at the time of such service, shall be 
entitled to license as master, mate, pilot, or engineer, if the in- 
spectors, upon written examination, as required for applicants for 
original license, may find him qualified : Provided, That the ex- 
perience of any such applicant within three years of making appli- 
cation has been such as to qualify him to serve in the capacity for 
which he makes application to be licensed. 

Any officer of the Naval Militia who is an applicant for license 
as chief engineer or assistant engineer of steam vessels of the Naval 
Militia may be examined by inspectors and granted a special license 
as such, and for no other purpose, if, in the judgment of the in- 
spectors, he is qualified. And the inspectors shall state on the 
license the name of the vessel on which such master, mate, pilot, or 
engineer is authorized to act in the capacity for which he is 
licensed. 

All licenses issued to officers of the Naval Militia provided for in 
the preceding paragraph of this section shall be surrendered upon 
the party holding it becoming disconnected from the Naval Militia 
by resignation or dismissal from such service; and no license shall 
be issued as above except upon the official recommendation of the 
chief officer in command of the Naval Militia station of the State 
in which the applicant is serving. 

10. No person holding special license (Form 878) shall be 
eligible for examination for a higher grade of license until such 
person has actually served two full seasons under the authority of 



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his license and one additional full season in a subordinate capacity 
upon steamers requiring regularly licensed officers. 

11. Whenever an officer shall apply for a renewal of his license 
for the same grade the presentation of the old certificate shall be 
considered sufficient evidence of his title to renewal, which certifi- 
cate shall be retained by the inspectors upon their official files as 
the evidence upon which the license was renewed: Provided, That 
it is presented within twelve months after the date of its expiration, 
unless such title has been forfeited or facts shall have come to the 
knowledge of the inspectors which would render a renewal im- 
proper ; nor shall any license be renewed in advance of the date of 
the expiration thereof, unless there are extraordinary circumstances 
that shall justify a renewal beforehand, in which case the reasons 
therefor must appear in detail upon the records of the inspectors 
renewing the license. 

12. When the license of any master, mate, pilot, or engineer is 
revoked such license expires with such revocation, and any license 
subsequently granted to such person shall be considered in the light 
of an original license. And upon the revocation or suspension of 
the license of any such officer said license shall be surrendered to 
the local inspectors ordering such suspension or revocation. 

13. The suspension or revocation of a joint license shall debar 
the person holding the same from the exercise of any of the privi- 
leges therein granted, so long as such suspension or revocation 
shall remain in force. 

14. When the license of any master, mate, engineer, or pilot is 
suspended, the inspectors making such suspension shall determine 
the term of its duration, except that such suspension can not ex- 
tend beyond the time for which the license was issued. 

CLASSIFICATION OF ENGINEERS. 

CHIEF. 

20. Chief engineer of ocean steamers. 

Chief engineer of condensing lake, bay, and sound steamers. 

Chief engineer of noncondensing lake, bay, and sound steamers. 

Chief engineer of condensing river steamers. 

Chief engineer of noncondensing river steamers. 

Any person holding chief engineer's license shall be permitted 
to act as first assistant on any steamer of double the tonnage of same 
class named in said chief's license. 



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Engineers of all classifications may be allowed to pursue then- 
profession upon all waters of the United States in the class fcr 
which they are licensed. 

FIRST ASSISTANT. 

First assistant engineer of ocean steamers. 

First assistant engineer of condensing lake, bay, and sound 
steamers. 

First assistant engineer of noncondensing lake, bay, and sound 
steamers. 

First assistant engineer of condensing river steamers. 

First assistant engineer of noncondensing river steamers. 

Engineers of lake, bay, and sound steamers, who have, actual! v 
performed the duties of engineer for a period of three years, shall 
be entitled to examination for engineer of ocean steamers, applicant 
to be examined in the use of salt water, method employed in regu- 
lating the density of the water in boilers, the application of the 
hydrometer in determining the density of sea water, and the prin- 
ciple of constructing the instrument; and shall be granted such 
grade as the inspectors having jurisdiction on the Great Lakes 
and seaboard may find him competent to fill. 

Any assistant engineer of ocean steamers of 1,500 gross tons and 
over, having had actual service in that position for one year, may, 
if the local inspectors, in their judgment, deem it advisable, have 
his license indorsed to act as chief engineer on lake, bay, sound, or 
river steamers of 750 gross tons or under. 

Any person having had a first assistant engineer's license for 
two years, and having had two years' experience as second assistant 
engineer, shall be eligible for examination for chief engineer's 
license. 

SECOND ASSISTANT. 

Second assistant engineer of ocean steamers. 

Second assistant engineer of condensing lake, bay, and sound 
steamers. 

Second assistant engineer of noncondensing lake, bay and sound 
steamers. 

Second assistant engineer of condensing river steamers. 

Any person having had a second assistant engineer's' license for 
two years, and having had two years' experience as third assistant 
engineer, shall be eligible for examination for first assistant engi- 
neer's license. 



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THIRD ASSISTANT. 

Third assistant engineer of ocean steamers. 

Third assistant engineer of condensing lake, bay, and sound 
steamers. 

First, second, and third assistant engineers may act as such on 
any steamer of the grade of which they hold license, or as such 
assistant engineer on any steamer of a lower grade than those to 
which they hold a license. 

Any person having a third assistant engineer's license for two 
years, and having had two years' experience as oiler or water tender 
since receiving said license, shall be eligible for examination for 
second assistant engineer's license. 

Inspectors may designate upon the certificate of any chief or as- 
sistant engineer the tonnage of the vessel on which he may act. 

Any assistant engineer may act as engineer in charge on steamers 
of 100 tons and under. In all cases where an assistant engineer is 
permitted to act as engineer in charge, the inspectors shall so state 
on the face of his certificate of license without further examination. 

21. It shall be the duty of an engineer when he assumes charge 
of the boilers and machinery of a steamer to forthwith thoroughly 
examine the same, and if he finds any part thereof in bad condition, 
caused by neglect or inattention on the part of his predecessor, he 
shall immediately report the facts to the master, owner, or agent, 
and to the local inspectors of the district, who shall thereupon in- 
vestigate the matter, and if the former engineer has been culpably 
derelict of his duty, they shall suspend or revoke his license. 

22. Before making general repairs to a boiler of a steam vessel 
the engineer in charge of such steamer shall report, in writing, the 
nature of such repairs to the local inspector of the district wherein 
such repairs are to be made. 

And it shall be the duty of all engineers when an accident occurs 
to the boilers or machinery in their charge tending to render the 
further use of such boilers or machinery unsafe until repairs are 
made, or when, by reason of ordinary wear, such boilers or ma- 
chinery have become so unsafe, to report the same to the local in- 
spectors immediately upon the arrival of the vessel at the first port 
reached subsequent to the accident, or after the discovery of such 
unsafe condition by said engineer. 

23. Whenever a steamer meets with an accident involving loss 
of life or damage to property it shall be the duty of the licensed 



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officers of any such steamer to report the same in writing and in 
person without delay to the nearest board: Provided, That when 
from distance it may be inconvenient to report in person it may be 
done in writing only and the report sworn to before any person 
authorized to administer oaths. 

24. No person shall receive an original license as engineer or 
assistant engineer (except for special license on small pleasure 
steamers and ferryboats of 10 tons and under, sawmill boats, pile 
drivers, boats exclusively engaged as fishing boats, and other similar 
small vessels) who has not served at least three years in the en- 
gineer's department of a stea'm vessel, a portion of which experience 
must have been obtained within the three years next preceding the 
application. 

Provided, That any person who has served three years as apr 
prentice to the machinist trade in a marine, stationary, or locomotive 
engine works, and any person who has served for a period of not . 
less than three years as a locomotive or stationary engineer, and 
any person graduated as a mechanical engineer from a duly recog- 
nized school of technology, may be licensed to serve as an engineer 
of steam vessels after having had not less than one year's experience 
in the engine department of steam vessels, a portion of which ex- 
perience must have been obtained within the three years preceding 
his application; which fact must be verified by the certificate in 
writing, of the licensed engineer or master under whom the appli- 
cant has served, said certificate to be filed with the application of 
the candidate ; and no person shall receive license as above, except 
for special license, who is not able to determine the weight neces- 
sary to be placed on the lever of a safety valve (the diameter of 
valve, length of lever, distance from center of valve to fulcrum, 
weight of lever, and weight of valve and stem being known) to with- 
stand any given pressure of steam in a boiler, or who is not able 
to figure and determine the strain brought on the braces of a boiler 
with a given pressure of steam, the position and distance apart of 
braces being known, such knowledge to be determined by an ex- 
amination in writing, and the report of examination filed with the 
application in the office of the local inspectors, and no engineer or 
assistant engineer now holding a iicense shall have the grade of the 
same raised without possessing the above qualifications. No original 
license shall be granted any engineer or assistant engineer who can 



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not read and write and does not understand the plain rules of 
arithmetic. 

25. Any person may be licensed as engineer (on Form 2130^) 
[New Form 880] on vessels propelled by gas, fluid, naphtha, or 
electric motors, of 15 gross tons or over, engaged in commerce, if 
in the judgment of the inspectors, after due examination in writing, 
he be found duly qualified to take charge of the machinery of ves- 
sels so propelled. 

Any person holding a license as engineer of steam vessels, desir- 
ing to act as engineer of motor vessels, must appear before a 
board of local inspectors for examination as to his knowledge of 
the machinery of such motor vessels, and if found qualified shall 
be licensed as engineer of motor vessels. Form 878, special license 
to engineers, shall be issued only to engineers in charge of vessels 
of 10 tons and under. All other licenses to engineers shall be 
issued on Forms 876 and 877, according to grades specified in 
this section. 



150 Report of License Committee 

BOILER EXPLOSIONS, ETC. 

Explosions Killed Injured Total Property Loss 

1879 x 3 2 208 213 421 $ 225,000 

1880 170 259 555 814 248,900 

1881 159 2 5i 3*3 564 315,850 

1882 172 271 359 630 249,700 

1883 184 263 412 675 556,600 

1884 . . 152 254 251 505 577,300 

1885 ... . 155 220 278 498 602,900 

1886 185 254 314 56.8 403,070 

1887 198 264 388 652 199,850 

1888 246 331 505 836 i99,55o 

1889 180 304 433 737 737,500 

1890 226 244 351 595 78,150 

1891 257 263 371 634 433,500 

1892 269 298 442 740 420,300 

1893 3 l6 327 385 712 i,959,9oo 

1894 362 331 472 803 307,800 

1895 355 374 5i9 893 997,5oo 

1896 346 382 529 911 1,050,000 

1897 369 398 528 926 1,500,000 

1898 383 324 577 901 2,100,000 

1899 383 298 456 754 1,400,000 

1900 373 268 520 788 990,000 

1901 423 312 646 958 1,300,000 

1902 391 304 529 833 1,200,000 

1903 383 293 522 815 980,000 

1904 39i 220 394 1,005 

1905 450 383 585 i,4i8 

Totals 7,6io 7,898 11,847 20,386 

No. 1. 

* The cash losses reported above do not represent one-fourth of 
actual losses not reported. 

Table No. 1 compiled from reports of the Hartford Steam 
Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company. 



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Report of License Committee . 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 
STATIONARY ENGINEERS. 



Organized 1882. 
450 Associations. 
20,000 Members. 




Incorporated 
Under Laws of 
State of New York. 



The Organization is Based Upon the Follozving Objects: 

The better education of its members in the art and science of 
steam engineering. 

To protect the interests of competent engineers in their vocation. 

To enroll all competent engineers in this organization. 

Imparting information beneficial to the craft. 

Assisting members out of employment to obtain the same. 

To procure by legal enactment greater safety in the operation 
of steam plants. 

PREAMBLE 

This Association shall at no time be used for the furtherance of 
strikes, or for the purpose of interfering in any way between its 
members and their employers in regard to wages; recognizing the 
identity of interests between employer and employe, and not coun- 
tenancing any project or enterprise that will interfere with the 
perfect harmony between them. 

Neither shall it be used for political or religious purposes. Its 
meetings shall be devoted to the business of the Association and 
at all times preference, shall be given to the education of engineers, 
and to securing of the enactment of engineers' license laws in order 
to prevent the destruction of life and property in the generation 
and transmission of steam as a motive power. 

Fred W. Raven, 

National Secretary. 

Room 525 Manhattan Bldg., Chicago, 111. 



INDEX. 



PAGE 

Massachusetts 3 

Minnesota 6 

Montana 11 

Ohio 17 

Pennsylvania 21 

Tennessee 24 

Baltimore, Md 26 

Buffalo, N. Y 29 

Chicago, 111 33 

Denver, Colo 36 

Detroit, Mich 40 

Goshen, Ind.* 42 

Jersey City, N.J 44 

Kansas City, Mo 46 

Lincoln, Neb 54 

Los Angeles, Cal 59 

.Memphis, Tenn 62 

Mobile, Ala 66 

New Haven, Conn 69 

New York, N. Y 71 

Niagara Falls, N. Y 75 

Omaha, Neb 81 

Peoria, 111 86 

Philadelphia, Pa . 90 

Rochester, N. Y : 93 

Santa Barbara, Cal 95 

St. Joseph, Mo 100 

St. Louis, Mo 106 

Sioux City, la 112 

Spokane, Wash 117 

Tacoma, Wash 121 

Terre Haute, Ind 125 

Yonkers, N. Y 128 

Fulton County, Ga 136 

District of Columbia 141 

U. S. Marine Law 142 

Boiler Explosions, 1879-1905 1 50 



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